Don't be jack of all trades, become the master of one

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The Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) has unveiled its strategic plan for 2003-2008, giving a blueprint for the next five years of higher education in England and extending the UK government's policy of specialisation. The new plan promises extra funding for teaching excellence and collaboration with local business rewarding universities and colleges for playing to their strengths, rather than for excellence in research and widening participation as they are now. According to Sir Howard Newby, chief executive of Hefce, universities and colleges need to understand that not all of them can meet the full range of stakeholder and customer needs and that they need to work on the development of the areas in which they are strong so that the higher education sector as a whole can deliver all that is required of it.

Government expenditures, Government domestic functions, Organizational history, Management, Social policy, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Higher Education Funding Council for England, Government finance, Education policy

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#5bn needed to match rivals

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England's Treasury wants higher education interests to emphasize their part in the future of the nation as a whole, rather than emphasizing the funding gap. However, research shows that British higher education faces a shortfall of between #1 bn and #5bn, and that the UK would need to spend an extra #5bn to keep up with the average figure for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries.

Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, United Kingdom. Treasury

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The staff are locked out while the profits roll in

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Issues concerning the letting of university facilities to generate extra profits are discussed. The prohibitive costs of their conference facilities and the need for university departments to find cheaper alternatives for academic events is examined.

Universities and colleges, Buildings and facilities, Conferences and conventions, University of London. Imperial College of Science and Technology, Warwick, University of

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