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Deals with the decision of Northern Ireland Further and Higher Education Minister Sean Farren to review the student finance as its executive and assembly faced suspension. Role of the officials at Great Britain's Department of Higher Education and Further Education Training and Employment in the review; Date of the publication of Farren's consultation paper on student finance; Goal of the review according to Farren.

Reports on the plan of Northern Ireland education minister John McFall to seek comments on a proposal for a tertiary funding council in the province. Details on the consultation paper; Role of the Northern Ireland Assembly; Budget for universities as a prelude to the funding allocation; Benefits of participation in higher education for communities.

Presents news briefs pertaining to education from around Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Reference to the green paper `Performance Management Through Capability,' which was commissioned by the New Learning for New Work Consortium and Institute of Personnel and Development; Investigations into the results of examinations at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland; Health care services for foreign students in Scotland; Score system for advance level engineering courses.

Focuses on a research paper from the Centre for Research on Higher Education dealing with religious or gender discrimination in employment in Northern Ireland.

Reports on the Department of Education in Northern Ireland's (DENI) issuance of a consultation paper on whether a range of vocational qualifications should be regulated by an English quango or in the province. Evaluation on whether DENI should approve full-time courses for 16 to 19-year-olds.