'Customer' students to call tune

Article Abstract:

Sir Howard Newby, chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, has warned universities that they need to adopt a more businesslike approach and treat students as customers and do more to meet their needs. Others within the university sector have given a mixed response to Newby's statement, noting that while any student who pays a fee for their education will expect to be treated as a client or customer, an university education is about more than simply making people employable.

Students, College, Education, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, College students, Newby, Howard

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Outstanding Support for Students with Disabilities

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The Times Higher Education Supplement gave its Outstanding Support for Students with Disabilities award for 2005 to Exeter University's Disability Resource Centre. The judges praised the centre's innovative work to help students with "hidden" special needs, such as eating disorders or depression.

Achievements and awards, 2005 AD, Special needs students, The Times Higher Education Supplement (Newspaper)

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