White paper is 'Tory-friendly'

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Robert Jackson, who served as education minister for the Conservative Party in the UK between 1987-1990, has stated that the Conservatives should back the current government's plans for higher education and bring to an end the strategy of opposing something just for the sake of opposing it. Jackson noted that the government's plans, which give universities the ability to charge different levels of fees up to UKPd3,000/yr, sit comfortably within the free market principles of the Conservatives and they should therefore reconsider their attempts to rewrite higher education policy just so that they can show that they are different from the Labour government.

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Devil's advocate ignites row..

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UK education secretary Charles Clarke has ignited a debate about the fundamental purpose of universities with comments he made in a speech at University College Worcester in April 2003. In the speech Clarke stated that some academics were adopting a medieval concept of the university "as a community of scholars unfettered by difficulties and problems of the wider society". It is claimed that Clarke is playing the role of devil's advocate in the discussion about what the role of universities is and whether all courses should be funded by the public purse.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Public affairs, Colleges and universities, Social aspects, Universities and colleges, Clarke, Charles, Educational aspects

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Blair passes milestone on rocky road

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An analysis of the radical effect that the Labour Party has had on higher education in the United Kingdom in the six years and three months since they came to power. Issues examined include the expansion of higher education, government financing of higher education, the reform of educational funding and the introduction of student fees.

Government expenditures, Organizational history, Management, Finance, Labour Party (United Kingdom), Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Government finance

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