Starter for ten: why does a quiz show matter?
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Producer of Granada Television's 'University Challenge' Peter Gwyn describes the 27-year-old quiz show as just a bit of fun, but he acknowledges that it affects the public's perception of an institution. Birkbeck College is still reeling from the effects of suffering the worst defeat in the history of 'University Challenge' in Dec. 1996. The 1997 finalists, the Open University (OU) and Magdalen College, Oxford, have both attracted huge media interest. The OU is seen as a university for everyone so its team is always the most popular, while the winning Magdalen team consisted entirely of ex-state school students.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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The last shall be first
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Helena Kennedy QC's report on post-compulsory education launched on Jul. 2, 1997, calls for radical measures to widen participation in learning. These include a major injection of cash for further education as well as a shift of funds to people with the worst qualifications. The report points out that universities account for two thirds of the post-school education budget yet are attended by only a quarter of England's 5 million post-16 learners. Kennedy proposes a new funding system based on postcodes to favour the socially deprived.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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It's a matter of life and death
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Several groups have called for national guidelines for scientific research to ensure research is carried out independently of commercial interest. Some 17% of scientists who participated in a study admitted to changing the results of research to suit their backers.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2000
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