Britain flies the e-university flag

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The UK Government is planning to set up an e-university which will provide online courses for students. The service is expected to cost 200 million pounds sterling over 24 months and should be operational in 2001. The private sector will provide some 50% of the funding. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is planning to invite interested parties to undertake two surveys into market demand and the cost of online education. The company providing online education is not expected to have its own campus. Some universities already run online courses.

United Kingdom, Online services, Internet services, Schools

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Cheap travel and free laptops

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An overview of the range of incentives and financial support options being made available by universities in England for students when top-up fees are introduced in 2006. Also examined are the contents of an analysis of a table listing the maximum and minimum that the poorest students attending university in England can expect to receive by way of a bursary from 2006.

Financial management, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Services information, Colleges and universities, Administration of Education Programs, England, Institutional Grants, Analysis, Finance, Education, Company financing, Education grants, Education costs

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New rules will scrap 'negative' awards

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The UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) have introduced a new framework for higher education qualifications which takes into consideration vocational awards. The new framework has been established in order to make the value of each qualification clearer and to ensure they conform to a standard. The QAA has been looking at qualifications for three years. They have introduced the idea of a general degree. Degrees and certificates of higher education will require a specific number of credits, such as 360 for a Bachelors Degree with honours. Scotland will have a different framework.

Standards, Educational tests, Degrees, Academic, Academic degrees, Educational tests and measurements

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