Contest hots up for medical places

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Winning a place at university in the United Kingdom to study to be a doctor is now harder than it has been for at least a generation, with university admissions officers reporting that they have turned away thousands of high-quality applicants this year due to the level of competition for places. Some medical schools are considering raising the standards that applicants have to reach in order to cope with the steady increase in applicants and it is unlikely that many medical schools will accept applicants with less that two As and a B at A level next year.

Medical students, Medical colleges, Medical schools

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Place for books, bytes and e-sites

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Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, takes umbrage with the traditional stereotype of the librarian as a mousy, desk-bound individual, arguing that in the changing environment of modern libraries, librarians need to have sharp business skills and a god understanding of technology and the Internet. Brindley's long term aim for the British Library is to make all of its current 150 million items available on demand to online users.

Strategy & planning, Services information, Libraries, Libraries and Archives, Analysis, Services, Interview, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United Kingdom. British Library, Aims and objectives, Brindley, Lynne

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Big 15 to tackle RAE gamesters

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The Higher Education Funding Council for England has appointed fifteen "big name" research figures as chairs of the main panels of the research assessment exercise in an attempt to bring some respect to the much criticised system. The new chairs are all professors considered to be leading lights in their disciplines.

Product information, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Administration of Education Programs, England, Educational Quality Assessment, Universities and colleges, Testing, Educational standards, Educational evaluation, Educational assessment, Higher Education Funding Council for England

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