The Independent 1998 Lucy Hodges - Abstracts

The Independent 1998 Lucy Hodges
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Above and beyond for A-Levels. (United Kingdom sixth formers to be required to study wider range of subjects)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Academic battle of the sexes.(Education)(includes case study)(male students perform better than female students in United Kingdom)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Academics on the verge of a nervous breakdown. (includes case studies)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
A compact scheme to catch them young. (University of Abertay Dundee signs up children aged 12 and 13)(includes case studies)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Ambition can cost lives. (pressures on United Kingdom students at exam time)(includes details of two students' revision schedules)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
An object of university loathing .... (United Kingdom universities oppose Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Are cheats prospering at universities? (senior academic claims that United Kingdom university hid less able researchers)(includes open letter)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Are our degrees working?(Education)(includes case study)(mixed views on whether United Kingdom universities should teach students employability skills)Retail industryLucy Hodges
A slippery slope or a level playing field? (criticism of GCSE exam)(includes examples of questions)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
As one university fails, are there others to follow? (includes sidebar article profiling Thames Valley University Vice-Chancellor Mike Fitzgerald)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
A taste of economics on a Saturday morning. (London School of Economics seeks to attract more state school pupils)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Cannabis on campus - repression is no answer. (attitudes to drug use by students at United Kingdom universities)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Choosing a university - the name is the game.(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Could do better: leafy suburbs hide low achievers. (poor educational performance in United Kingdom's wealthiest counties)(includes details of efforts to improve standards at Aylesford school in Warwick, England)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Cross the channel and think international. (studying for Masters in Business Administration at business school in continental Europe)(MBA)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Does the system fail women - or did this woman simply fail? (Gillian Evans speaks out against promotion procedures at Cambridge University, England)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
End of the great tuition fee scare. (introduction of tuition fee at United Kingdom universities has not led to falling applications)(includes case study)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Fear is the key to naming and shaming. (United Kingdom universities forced to adopt more open approach)(includes case study)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
First timers face the test with tuition fees. (fees for higher education in United Kingdom)(Student Choices)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Higher love is so low. (affairs between male staff and female students common in United Kingdom universities and colleges)(includes case study)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Hooked into the wired university. (United Kingdom government's plans for University for Industry)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Into the fast lane: sixth-formers may get a taste of university. (links between school pupils and universities and colleges in United Kingdom)(includes case study)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
It's not all slog to get to the top. (students who get first-class degrees have active social life)(includes case studies)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Learning how to be the boss. (benefits of Masters in Business Administration)(MBA)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Nurturing the polymaths of the new millennium. (United Kingdom's advisory committee on creative and cultural education)(includes details of success in encouraging student creativity at Goldsmiths College in London, England)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Old vs new: the battle for points in the ratings system. (United Kingdom universities place strong emphasis on assessment ratings)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Searching for ways to break the class cycle. (encouraging children from poorer families in United Kingdom to enter higher education)(includes case studies)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Sending the lecturers back to school. (creation of United Kingdom Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Stormy days as the inspector targets trainers. (controversy over standards of teacher training in United Kingdom)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Supplying a 60m pounds sterling-a-year demand. (growing of private teacher supply agencies in United Kingdom)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
The casual approach to teaching in our universities. (United Kingdom universities rely on casual employment arrangements)(includes case study)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
The Open University heads for the frontier. (Open University set to enter US)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
The wonks at work in Blair's think-tank. (academics advise United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
They keep on knocking but they can't come in. (some United Kingdom colleges of higher education seek university status)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Uncertain applicants are tempted with cash. (some United Kingdom universities offer incentives to applicants)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Universities must learn to listen. (problems with complaints procedures at United Kingdom universities)(includes case study)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Unprepared and disillusioned: 60,000 student drop-outs. (includes case study)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Warning to boys: don't leave it too late. (United Kingdom boys' schools concerned about reports of top universities selecting applicants on basis of GCSE results)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Welcome to the new world of Disney degrees. (need for innovative approaches to higher education in United Kingdom)(Education)Retail industryLucy Hodges
What price a degree? (foreign students at United Kingdom universities)(Review section)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Who's up, who's down in the fight for applicants. (trends in applications to United Kingdom universities)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Why universities love to hate the number-crunchers. (mixed views on university league tables in United Kingdom)(part 1)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
Will students live locally and study sports science? (trends in university applications in United Kingdom)(Education +)Retail industryLucy Hodges
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