Negative verdict on plans for change
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Lecturers oppose all three key policies and options relating to changes in higher education in the UK. Academics are very much against competitive bidding for funding and many consider that the doubling of the number of students has brought down standards. They are also opposed to top-up fees. Suggestions have been made for modifying some policies rather than scrapping them all. For example although 43% of lecturers thought the great increase in student numbers had led to lower standards, 67% said the policy should be improved and only 16% thought it should be discarded. Only one in five thought the removal of the distinction between polytechnics and universities meant lower standards.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1992
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FE leapfrogs wannabe unis
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The United Kingdom government is considering new regulations that would allow further education colleges to award degrees. The proposals have been drafted by the Quality Assurance Agency. Likely candidates include Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies, and Suffolk College, which have a high proportion of students in higher education. Meanwhile, Warrington Collegiate Institute is to be allowed to seek the title of university college, though it is a further education college.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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The knowledge incendiary
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John Harwood, the chief executive designate of the new Learning and Skills Council (LSC) responsible for post-16 education, wants to inspire a desire for learning in all people. The LSC has a budget of 6 billion pounds sterling.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2000
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