Universities swamp skills
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The “funding gap” relating to the government’s more generous treatment of 16-year-olds in school sixth forms than of those in colleges is not the one that should be causing concern, according to the authors of a new report.They say the real funding gap ministers and civil servants should be addressing is %26pound;7bn wide, and separates [...]
Immigrant tuition repeal removed from bill
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A proposed repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students may have been removed from an omnibus immigration bill under consideration in the Senate, but the proposal remains alive as a stand-alone measure.
HB231 would repeal a 2002 law that allows undocumented immigrants pay the lower in-state [...]
Rise in overseas university applicants
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Growing numbers of international students have applied to UK universities this year, according to the latest figures from the university admissions service, Ucas.This early round application stage saw a rise of 10.7% from international (non-EU) students. The greatest increases were from Bulgaria, Canada, Norway, Singapore and China.By the January 15 deadline, 430,489 people overall had [...]
Tuition fees favour the rich new study
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Teenagers from poorer families are turning their backs on a university education because of fears they will be saddled with thousands of pounds of debt, new research shows. The study on the impact of tuition fees reveals today that nearly two-thirds of pupils who decided not to seek higher education cited anxieties about money.The number [...]
Three levels of terror risk
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All colleges are going to have to assess what risk they face from violent extremism and terrorism, according to guidance issued by the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills (Dius) yesterday.However, universities, which were recently issued with similar guidance, are not required to carry out risk assessments. This is not because universities are in a [...]
Universities urged to back more academies to reduce class bias
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The government will today increase pressure on universities to sponsor an academy as a way of helping to reduce class bias in higher education.There is “no excuse for any university to wash its hands of the problem”, the universities minister, Bill Rammell, will tell a conference in London today.Oxford and Cambridge are singled out for [...]
The basics no longer suffice
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Marcel Pusch, 19, pushes the button of the CNC lathe machine. Under the watchful eye of his teacher, the machine whirrs to life and the computer screen flashes up the programme that will ensure that the plastic plug is produced to the correct specifications.Pusch is one of the lucky ones. He left school with only [...]
Better shape up
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Kate Walters left Nottingham University in the summer of 2006 with a 2.1 in music, including a first in her final piano recital, and a strong inclination to build a career managing artists in her favourite medium: jazz. The good news, from her point of view, was that she soon landed a six-month internship with [...]
Big guns train their sights on universities
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Six weeks ago, with little publicity, the Royal Air Force’s first “hunter-killer” unmanned drone took flight in Afghanistan. Although initially to be used for reconnaissance, the drone will soon be armed with Hellfire missiles for ground attacks. It is, appropriately, called the Reaper.Made in the US, the Reaper is based on the Predator B, the [...]
Why does anyone care about the Oxford Union
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The single most striking fact about the list of famous people who have appeared at the Oxford Union down the years - the only striking fact, really - is that it is a list of famous people. Beyond that, the list appears to obey no logic, no organising principle. In parts, it reads as if [...]
