Exam boards should pilot foundations

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Ministers should consider establishing a two-tier foundation degree system by allowing exam boards to award foundation degrees as well as universities, according to a report produced by a Government-appointed task force. The report states that foundation degrees are well regarded by students, colleges and employers and states that the Higher Education Council for England and the Government should work towards increasing the number of foundation degree places fourfold by 2010 by funding 100,000 places.

Reports, Degrees, Academic, Academic degrees

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Support for young staff will lift rating

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Arts and humanities departments at universities in the UK will need to demonstrate how they develop the careers of their young academics in the upcoming 2008 research assessment exercise. Those responsible for overseeing the assessments in subjects ranging from modern languages to history and philosophy have made it clear that one of the elements they will be examining is the steps being taken by departments to sustain their subjects in the future and bring on their young talent.

Personnel administration, Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries, Arts, Arts & Humanities, Humanities, Evaluation, Human resource management, College teachers, College faculty, Study and teaching, Education, Company personnel management, Educational standards

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Academe gets military call-up

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Lieutenant-General Sir John Kiszely, director of the UK's Defence Academy, is to tell a conference of 120 senior university figures, that closer links need to be forged between the Armed Forces and academe. Kiszely is to call for more undergraduate courses in fields such as languages, conflict prevention and cultural studies to be established and for a better understanding of the mutual needs of universities and the Armed Forces to be developed.

Armed Forces, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Military aspects, Educational aspects, Kiszely, John

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