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The article offers information on the policy paper, "Social mobility and elite university," by Lee Elliot Major and Pallavi Amitava Banerjee, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute. Topics discussed include the policy report focusing on access to higher education and its conclusion that it will take almost a century to achieve the Office for Students' goals to provide access to highly-selective universities.

The article focuses on Great Britain Government's white paper entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, regarding access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

The article presents the response of the British Government, published in a series of White Papers, to the Augar review of post-16 education. Topics discussed include consultation on new plans to drive up quality of university courses launched by the Government, student loan interest rate for borrowers starting courses from 2023-2024, and reply of David Hughes, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges, to the Government's announcement.

The article reports on Great Britain Government's white paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, on access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

The article highlights the issues raised by "Fulfilling Our Potenial: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice," the higher education Green Paper published by the British government on November 6, 2015. Topics covered include graduate employability, teaching standards, wider participation in higher education, the role of universities in increasing the productivity of the British economy, Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), and Research Excellence Framework.

Presents newspaper headlines on the British education system in June 2003. Reaction to the plan of National Union of Teachers to conduct an early election of its next general secretary in the "Independent" and "Guardian"; Factors that contributed to the increasing number of teachers leaving the profession in "The Times."

Presents several published reports on the education system in Great Britain as of June 6, 2003. Plan to extend the title university to specialist higher education institutions in the "Daily Telegraph"; Report by Richard Garner in the "Independent"; Concern on the effect of education budget crisis on school scholarships in the "Times."

The article informs on a paper "Isaac Newton Institute: COVIDdiseases--tra-19 and universities" by the Higher Education Working Group at the Isaac Newton Institute on the imapct of COVID-19 pandemic on Great Britain universities. It mentions that transmission importations into the student population from the community AND to the community from student populations do occur.

The author comments on the British Government's response to the Augar review of post-16 education in a series of White Papers. Topics discussed include consultation launched by the Government on plans to drive up quality of university courses and ensure degrees equip students with the skills they need, changes in student loan repayment, and report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Kickstart Scheme for young unemployed people.

This article reports on written parliamentary questions on education, children's services and training from the Scottish Parliament from October 31 to November 4, 2005. The Executive has corresponded with officials in Universities Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council on this issue, and will continue to consult these bodies as it develops a contribution to the Great Britain's response to the Commission's consultation paper. The European Commission's proposals for a European Institute for Technology should offer some helpful opportunities for the Scottish higher education sector.

This article reports on debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords of Great Britain that took place from March 17 to 21, 2003. On March 18, a debate on "Universities Research Funding" took place in House of Commons. Whilst most members of parliament were preoccupied with debate on the imminent war against Iraq, a small number met in the debating chamber off Westminster Hall to consider the Government's proposals for university research funding. Jonathan Shaw, member of parliament, opened the debate. He was an opponent of one of the key proposals in the recent higher education White Paper, that research funding should be concentrated on fewer universities. A debate on "Health of School Pupils" took place in House of Commons ob March 18.

The article offers the author's views on the 2017 education consultation paper in Great Britain which expressed the government's belief on the greater and more direct role of universities in improving school quality and student attainment. The government has required higher education institutions to establish a new school and sponsor an academy as conditions in charging higher fees.

The article reports on the white paper in Great Britain "Success for a Knowledge Economy," which demonstrates plans for a more responsive higher education sector. These plans include to introduce a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), to promote high-quality teaching in higher education, and the link that will have with higher levels of fees. The white paper also draws the attention played by further education (FE) colleges and alternative providers, to be known as challenger institutions.

The article discusses the release of a British government White Paper entitled "Higher Education: Students at the Heart of the System," launched at a press conference in 2011 by David Willetts, British Minister of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. According to the article, the White Paper allows for greater competition for student enrollment in more selective courses within British universities.

The article comments on Great Britain government's White Paper on higher education. It discussed the Government's priorities across the whole of education one year into this Conservative government. It is opined that in this age of globalisation, national policies have to exist in the context of global competition and with both schools and higher education the country has also seen announcements that illuminate this.

The article reports on the decline in part-time higher education in Great Britain in March 2016. It highlights the comments of Margaret Sharp regarding the benefits of Green Paper for higher education for high-quality teaching and prospect of a good graduate job. It also mentions views of Bryan Davies, member of the Great Britain's House of Lords, for the same.

Presents information on a policy discussion paper on further education (FE) released by the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education in Great Britain in March 2004. Risk of giving pre-eminence in the resourcing and strategic planning of colleges; Focus of FE on adult learners; Contribution of FE colleges to higher education.