TECs take risk on shortening dole queue

Article Abstract:

The Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) in Birmingham, United Kingdom, has chosen to link its funding with success in finding jobs for unemployed people taking its courses. This TEC is involved in a pilot project lasting a year to reduce unemployment, and will be paid through a system which weights long-term unemployed and disabled people more heavily than people who have recently become unemployed. The colleges involved in providing training have doubts about the scheme, which include uncertainties over funding affecting planning, payment delays, and the time-consuming process involved in ascertaining whether students obtain work.

Reports, Education and state, Social policy, Education policy, Training, Unemployed workers

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Full house for arts A'level students

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Would-be students in the United Kingdom seeking to study arts and humanities subjects have been affected by intense competition, due to a combination of record performance in pre-university examinations, and government restrictions on expansion. There are 420,000 applicants but only 260,000 places, and 23 institutions have withdrawn from the clearing scheme which caters for late applications and applicants who have failed to gain admission on other courses. Meanwhile, universities are curtailing expansion plans, according to a survey carried out in July 1993.

College admissions

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Academy defends awards

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The British Academy has defended its awards system, arguing that claims that Oxford, Cambridge and London Universities were unduly favoured were exaggerated. An analysis of one year awards granted between 1984 and 1992 showed London accounting for 19%, followed by Sussex, Cambridge and Oxford However, Oxford and Cambridge accounted for 39.3% of three year awards, and London for 17.4% of these longer term awards granted in the above period.

Finance, Universities and colleges, Research

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