RAE reform to shut out one in three

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One third of higher education institutions in England are to be excluded from the research assessment exercise, resulting in about 28 colleges no longer being eligible for research grants from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce). Under the proposals from Hefce, establishments where research accounts for under 2% of the total research and teaching grants would be affected. The chief executive of Universities UK, Diana Warwick, stated that there is a concern that Hefce's plans will result in the creation of a limited and differentiated sector that does not truly reflect the complexity of how universities have to operate in the public interest nationally, regionally and internationally.

Higher Education Funding Council for England

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FE focus in plan to widen skills

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Further education is at the centre of plans unveiled by the government in a new skills white paper to close the skills gap between the United Kingdom and its competitors, however the additional funding for individual learners will come with strings attached. Other plans contained within the white paper include free tuition for adults who dropped out of school without obtaining basic qualifications, an expansion of the modern apprenticeship scheme and a UKPd30/week adult learning grant for priority groups in full-time further education.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Administration of Education Programs, Education of Adults, Adult Education Programs, Adult education

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Fees market collapses in dash for cash

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The vast majority of students will wind up paying the same for their degree, no matter where they study, if top-up fees are introduced, according to a survey conducted by the Times Higher Education Supplement. The implication of the findings is that the planned UKPd3,000/yr tuition fee is too low to create the higher education market that the government has envisaged. Most institutions plan to make a final decision in autumn 2004 on whether to charge variable fees.

Commodity & service prices, Prices and rates, Surveys, College costs, Higher education costs, Company pricing policy

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