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Pay is a big put-off
Nurses are not carrying on Pay is at the top of the nursing agenda, and the annual Review Body, chaired by former Oxford Brookes University vice-chancellor Clive Booth, is taking evidence. The Royal...
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Star Turn
Phil Baty joins a driving instructor and decorator on an access course to teaching Like the group of adult learners she is taking today for an access to higher education seminar, Helen Deane, 37, has...
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Are modern 'angels' prepared for the wards?
Nurses are not carrying on The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting is investing Pounds 500,000 in its education review, which could, with government approval,...
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Attrition War
Nurses are not carrying on The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting's review will investigate attrition rates from university nursing courses - a critical issue...
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Edinburgh students set to vote on joining NUSS
* At its annual general meeting last night, the Edinburgh University students' association was set to vote on whether to hold a referendum on joining the National Union of Students Scotland.
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FE:more cash for more students
An extra Pounds 584 million will be pumped into further education in 2000-2001, but colleges will be expected to take an extra 200,000 students. Announcing the comprehensive spending review...
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Colleges may avoid recruiting non-traditional students for fear of being castigated
Colleges may avoid recruiting non-traditional students for fear of being castigated over poor retention and achievement rates, David Gibson said this week. He called for a public debate. He told the...
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UCAS likely to handle UfI applications
* Applicants for University for Industry courses will probably be routed through the University and Colleges Admissions Service. "UCAS is actively pursuing a system that will allow UfI entry," a UCAS...
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TEC review delayed by volume of replies
* The government's review of the future of training and enterprise councils has been delayed until the new year because of an overwhelming response to its consultation exercise. A spokesman for the...
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LSE presses case for rise in postgrad fees
* Academics at the London School of Economics have been asked to look again at proposals to increase fees for United Kingdom postgraduates. The school's standing committee has asked the academic...
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Push for humanities and arts council
* Leading arts and social science staff have written to minister Baroness Blackstone calling for an arts and humanities research council for the UK. The Standing Conference of Arts and Social...
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Union calls truce over Higher Still reforms
* Scotland's largest teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland, has halted its proposed boycott of post-16 Higher Still examination reforms. Scottish education minister Helen Liddell held...
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Scots satisfy overseas students
* Satisfied customers are Scottish higher education's most powerful marketing tool in attracting overseas students, according to research findings. A Scottish Council for Research in Education report...
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DNA to reorder plant classification system
* Ten years of work will culminate next month with the publication of a new classification of the world's flowering plants and trees based on DNA rather than appearance. Mark Chase, head of the...