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Reports on the appointment of Wendy Piat, senior research fellow at the center-left institute for Public Policy Research, to help the Great Britain Department for Education and Skills write the white paper. Anticipation for the contents of the paper; Authorship credits of Piat; Influence on higher education in the country.

Reports that British legislators criticized the government's higher education (HE) white paper in July 2003 with a report attacking most of its proposals. Approval given by the committee to increase HE fees; Criticism of the government's plan to further concentrate research funding in top-rated departments and universities leaving weaker research institutions to focus on teaching and building links with local employers.

Reports on the decision by the Welsh Assembly's higher education inquiry committee to censor a paper submitted by Welsh language and literature reader Dafydd Glyn Jones. Basis of the committee's decision; Reactions of academics to the committee's action. INSET: Framework is hailed as a breakthrough..

Reports on the British government's plan to publish a higher education green paper to tackle issues from its review of the sector. Unlikelihood of the paper to result into a legislative agendum; Reaction of the Labour Party; Possible inclusion of contents into the Conservative Party's General Election manifesto.

Reports on university lecturers writing their own "green paper" on the future of higher education. Filling a dangerous vacuum; Attack on all three parties; Providing United Kingdom with its own view of the future of higher education; Competing as a high-tech nation; Seedbed of real economic future; Top-up fees; Hypothecated tax; Need for comprehensive review of the real beneficiaries of higher education.

Reports that British higher education minister Eric Forth has asked university heads to produce a consultation paper on funding.

Presents the comments on the white paper for higher education from British ministers and MPs. Issue on the merit of increasing the concentration of research funding in the best research institutions; Call to rebalance funding to support teaching; Claim that the government has sought to play down the connection between good teaching and high-quality research.

Reports that the funding allotted by British government for further education comes with conditions. Proposals included in the skills white paper published in July 2003 such as free tuition for adults who left school without basic qualifications, an adult learning grant for priority groups in full-time further education and an expansion of the modern apprenticeship scheme.

Presents views of British higher education minister Margaret Hodge on the British government's higher education review paper. Proposal to enhance the status of higher education; Plans to improve financial position of universities; Concern for the financial problems of poor Nottingham students.

Reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair has held a secret meeting to introduce top-up fees at universities. Labour Party members' opposition to the measure; Concerns that higher tuition fees will discourage college graduates from taking public sector jobs; Insights from a paper published by Education Secretary Charles Clarke.

Reports that British college students are disinterested in initiatives such as modern apprenticeships and foundation degrees despite government rhetoric. Findings contained in a funding council briefing paper, 'Supply and Demand in Higher Education' that student demand has failed to match government targets; Social and economic circumstances affecting influencing participation in higher education.

Fears that the white paper of the British government for the revamp of the post-16 education may affect the status of further education. Information on the roles of further education; Speculation on the white paper as a public policy document in British education; Warnings regarding the status of further education.

Reports that Sir Ron Dearing's education committee of inquiry is split on plans to charge students a quarter of the cost of their higher education and the funding of research. Adoption of a funding formula used in further education; British government's plans for a Lifelong Learning white paper in autumn 1997; Expectations that the committee will recommend a four-tier student support system.

The article focuses on a consultation paper that aims to ensure that governing bodies take charge in operating institutions released by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). A single conversation scheme is being piloted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. SFC chief executive Roger McClure noted that the consultation focuses on the quality of data rather than on quantity. McClure believes that such practice could lead to the continual improvement of decision making.

Reports that Sir David Watson, vice-chancellor of Brighton University, has criticized the "extreme volatility" of the British government's higher education policy. Reaction to the Department for Education and Skill's 2003 paper "Why Not a Fixed Fee?"; Watson's support for flat-rate fees; Establishment of University Centre Hastings.

Reports that British higher education minister Margaret Hodge said that an independent review group would set up a gatekeeper mechanism to ensure that no new unnecessary burdens are placed on universities following the white paper on higher education. Composition of the independent review group; Government consideration of a proposal to make three regulatory bodies combine their activities into a single joint visit to each university.

Focuses on the issues tackled in the government white paper on higher education in Great Britain. Collaboration of teaching-only universities with further education colleges; Assumption on the role played by universities in promoting social justice; Popularity of the belief that the universities should focus on teaching.

Reports that the Great Britain-based Quality Assurance Agency plans to improve the country's MA degree standards as of July 7, 2000. Weaknesses of universities' MA degree programs; Plan to rename the post-graduate certificate in education program. INSET: QAA's paper for Scotland..

Highlights the government plan to expand higher education in Great Britain that involves vocationally oriented courses. Details on the content of a consultation paper by Great Britain Department of Education and Employment; Reason for government plan; Educational models for the government plan.

Reports on the positive reactions of the Association of Scottish Colleges on the government paper outlining its strategic framework for further education.

Reports on the reaction of university vice chancellors in Great Britain toward the Office of Science and Technology's plans to introduce a research qualification called Research Masters (MRes) as the initial stage of postgraduate training. Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals' consultation paper showing concern over possible implications of the proposal; Willingness of some universities to implement the MRes.

Reports on the Royal Society's plan to investigate the British government's proposal in the science White Paper that three-year doctorate be preceded by a one-year Master of Science course. Physics professor Joe Vinen as chair of the study group; Fears on funding by research councils.

Reports on accusations against the British government for manipulating the views of academics and industrialists to imply support for its intention to cut PhD training. Discovery of anomalies in government policy on the issue; Controversy focus on the White Paper's insistence that the MSc will become the normal initial postgraduate degree; Drawbacks of the extension of the postgraduate study period by one year; More.

Reports on the effect of the plan of the Britsh government to require students to complete a masters degree before starting a doctoral of philosophy (PhD) to universities research programs. University representatives on the government plan; Feature by the publication `White Paper'; Implications to part-timers; Debate on the issue by the Council of Graduate Education.

Focuses on Welsh Office's rejection of plans to replace A levels with a Welsh baccalaureate. Blocking development of a legitimate new overarching qualifications; Government paper titled `Qualifying for Success'.

Reports on the release of a draft white paper on higher education that seeks to bind South Africa's post-school sector into a single system. Expansion of student numbers; Targeting of special funding for disadvantaged students.

Opinion. Focuses on government involvement in university affairs in Great Britain. Ireland Department of Education's position paper on university legislation; Debate over the autonomy of educational institutions.

Reports on Iraqi academic dissident, Ali Allaq's presentation of the paper, `The Dialogue of Ink, Blood and Water: Modernity and Higher Education in Iraq,' at the international symposium on higher education at Exter University's Centre for Arab Gulf Studies. Criticism of university administration under the Saddam Hussein regime; Issue on Allaq's failure to obtain a visa.