Degree market to open up

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Private businesses will be able to directly compete with the traditional higher education sector and offer their own degrees under newly published government plans. In launching a consultation on new criteria for the granting of degree-awarding powers, the UK's Department for Education and Skills acknowledged that the rules had been clearly framed so that organisations falling outside of the traditional college and university sectors could meet them. The consultation period is due to end in December 2003, with the final criteria expected to be announced in January 2004.

Strategy & planning, Government domestic functions, Government regulation, Organizational history, Administration of Education Programs, Education Programs, Planning, Education and state, Social policy, Licensing agreements, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Degrees, Academic, Academic degrees, Company business planning, Company organization, United Kingdom. Department for Education and Skills

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QAA finds Derby broke quality rules overseas

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The University of Derby continued to break its own rules governing quality assurance in its haste to provide overseas courses, despite receiving repeated warnings, according to the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). In an audit report, the QAA states that it can only have "limited confidence" in the capacity of the university to guarantee the academic standards and quality of its overseas partnerships.

Legal issues & crime, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Foreign operations, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Standards, Company legal issue, Cases, Reports, Investigations, United Kingdom. Quality Assurance Agency, University of Derby

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Minister says UK tarred by Derby affair

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A government minister has said that UK's higher education reputation and interests have been damaged by the University of Derby's poor management of Inter College in Israel. The situation has improved since 1998.

Quality management, Higher education and state

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