Last-ditch bid to win over rebels

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Universities UK (UUK) is demanding unity from all member vice-chancellors in its efforts to get the government's higher education bill through its second reading, which is expected to take place on 27 January 2004. The vote is expected to be "knife-edge" and UUK is so keen to see it passed that it has engaged the services of Finsbury (UK), PR firm, to help it lobby MPs. Some vice-chancellors, such as Michael Driscoll, vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, who had previously been wary of the bill now support it, arguing that the government has moved on the issues that they had concerns about and the bill now offers a better deal for poorer students and poorer universities.

Government domestic functions, Organizational history, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Education policy

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DfES claims pockets empty

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David Bell, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), has said that future spending on education will be 'tight'. There has been major investment in education in recent years and major capital investment is planned in schools in the future but little was said to comfort universities.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Economic aspects, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis

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Tories may go for growth

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The Conservatives will launch a higher education policy review in an effort to engage better with academics and the growing student body. The wide-ranging review will cover expansion, funding and diversity.

Strategy & planning, Public affairs, Political activity, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Political parties, Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Aims and objectives

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