Ministers act as poor jump ship

Article Abstract:

The UK government plans to offer loans of at least 500 pounds sterling a year to part-time higher education students on low incomes as of autumn 2000. The move is aimed at raising the number of poorer and mature students in higher education. Ten percent fewer people aged 25 and over applied for full-time higher education places in 1999, compared with a decline of just 0.5% from applicants aged under 21. Some attribute the decline in mature applicants to the comparatively low unemployment level in the UK, while others blame the introduction of tuition fees.

Planning, Education policy, Demographic aspects, Higher education, Higher education and state, Student loans, College applications

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Safety 'hit by cash pressures.'(health and safety aspects of employment in higher education in the United Kingdom; includes related notes)

Article Abstract:

Unison, a labor union representing 50,000 employees of universities in the United Kingdom, argues that health and safety issues are being neglected due to financial pressures. Laboratories contain dangerous equipment and pathogens, with large numbers of people involves and fewer resources than is available to industry to tackle health and safety problems. The University Safety Association chairman, David Harrison, argues that universities are relatively safe despite potential hazards.

Safety and security measures, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health

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Outsiders need a leg-up

Article Abstract:

Non-traditional students need more help to stay within the UK higher education system, according to a report by the advisory group of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Mature students, part-time students and poorer students would benefit from funding related to access to higher education. Poorer students tend to be underrepresented in UK higher education despite an expansion in student numbers, and students are suffering an increase in debt and hardship.

Social aspects, Students

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