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11 March 2008
Medical professionals and educators have today warned that a failure to stop Strategic Health Authorities raiding money earmarked for health education and training…
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3 March 2008
¹ÏÉñÍø today welcomed ideas to open up HE to more of the population but warned that contradictory government funding policy and the high price of studying could severely…
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21 January 2008
¹ÏÉñÍø today said it agreed with government ambitions to increase the number of students in our universities and to widen participation from groups traditionally excluded.…
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17 January 2008
Opponents of proposed government changes to funding for higher education will today give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the proposals. The Minister for…
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10 January 2008
The fall in the number of first-year enrolments in England and Northern Ireland universities in 2006-2007, where variable tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year must…
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9 January 2008
¹ÏÉñÍø today said the prime minister's response to a question about funding changes for university degrees revealed the contradictory nature of the policy. Asked at…
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4 January 2008
¹ÏÉñÍø said today that the government's launch of a consultation on arrangements and funding for tuition of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) was a welcome…
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7 December 2007
¹ÏÉñÍø today called for joined-up government thinking on the issue of translation services. As communities secretary, Hazel Blears, published new guidance on translation…
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21 November 2007
In a letter in today's Guardian ¹ÏÉñÍø, NUS and 26 heads of HE institutions protest against the cuts in funding for HE students studying for qualifications equivalent…
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15 November 2007
¹ÏÉñÍø Scotland today warned that the government's warm words about a 'smarter Scotland' had to be backed with proper funding. The union is disappointed that yesterday's…
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