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Reports on the decision of the British government to downgrade its master plan for lifelong learning from a white paper to a green consultation paper. Views of Kim Howless. lifelong learning minister; Plans of the government to publish the consultation paper.

Reports on the skills strategy white paper of the government in Great Britain. Failure of the colleges to meet the training needs of staff; Emphasis on influencing negotiations with the Learning and Skills Council over college performance measures; Unification of education qualifications.

Opinion. Defends the author's education policy for Great Britain's Opposition Education Green Paper. Explanation of the objectives of the paper; Recommendations; Political aspects.

Reports on the `Lifetime Learning' paper by the British government. Advocacy of a learning culture in which individuals and employers take more responsibility for education; Combining education and training initiatives in a single document; Criticisms from political opponents.

Reports on the controversies relating to proposals to create a fairer and more transparent university admissions system in Great Britain. Strategies to increase applications; Integration of a single American-style aptitude test; Equal treatment for students; Expansion of the education system; Implications for higher education.

Focuses on the condition of education policy for higher education in Great Britain. Issues on the failure of universities to attract students; Income tax contributions of the graduates; Finance for the education in the region.

Analyzes the impact of the white paper educational plan on British higher education. Aims of the white paper; Values gap between the white paper and the Bologna agreement; Basic principles of academic life that should be focused on by government officials in drafting plans for higher education.

Reports on the political debate over education issues in Great Britain, resulting from the launching of the government's white paper `Learning to Compete.' Response of the Labour Party on the white paper; Proposals for the creation of education entitlement programs; Criticism of the Labour Party on the government's education policy.

Reports that the Universities Association for Continuing Education has condemned the European Commission's white paper on teaching and learning as too modest in its policy proposals. Support for the white paper's emphasis on building a learning society.

Reports that the Australian Government has proposed to award the university title to institutions that neither undertake research nor award research degrees. Release of a discussion paper on diversity in the higher education sector; Set of protocols governing the establishment of universities in the country.

Discusses the findings of the research paper "At Least They're Learning Something: The Hazy Line Between Collaboration and Collusion," scheduled for publication in the April 2005 issue of the British periodical "Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education." Volume of school staff who admitted to suspecting cheating and ignoring it; View of collusion as the more acceptable form of cheating, compared to plagiarism; Difference of opinion on where to draw the line between what is and is not acceptable.

Comments on the impact of the English White Paper and the Higher Education Act on the management of higher universities in Scotland. Changes in the overall level of funding; Lack of areas to generate extra income; Concerns over the ability of Scottish schools to maintain competitive position in higher education.

Focuses on the recommendation made by the consultation paper published by Universities UK and the Standing Conference of Principals in Great Britain stating that policy-makers vice chancellors must heed academics' concerns before a teaching qualification for lecturers is introduced. Creation of a national framework for professional teaching standards that would include the teaching qualification.

Reports that European Union research commissioner Philippe Busquin is pressing for Brussels, Belgium's total research spending to be doubled by the end of the decade. Release of a policy paper committing it to increase spending on basic non-market-oriented research.

Reports on Southampton Institute's response to a government white paper on the community roles of universities in Great Britain.

Details how former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher saved the Open University, according to cabinet papers for 1970 which was released in 2000. Highlights of the cabinet meeting of July 23; Ministers' desire to close the university; Support given by Thatcher to Open University.

Highlights British vice-chancellors and higher education college heads' adamant stance against the government's tightening of rules on university titles and degree-awarding powers. Recommendations of a consultation paper issued by the Quality Assurance Agency; Presumption of profound mistrust in the whole university sector.

Reports that according to research by London Institute of Education, differences between south and north European education systems are affecting attempts to develop joint learning policies. Contents of a paper to be published during June, 1998 for the European Commission; Details on the findings of the study on the convergence of education policies.

Reports that a British government paper leaked to David Blinkett, shadow education and employment secretary, asserts that progress towards lifetime learning target is insufficient. Other contents of the draft document `Lifetime Learning: Consultation Document'; Cut in British government's support for educational programs; Reactions of school principals attending the annual meeting of the Association for Colleges.

Reports on the possible non-renewal of accreditation for nearly two-thirds of post-masters education research diplomas in French universities due to the change in government administration. Suspension of the review until President Jacques Chirac takes up office; Expected educational stand of the new government. INSET: What the White Paper says..

Reports on the National Advisory Council for Education and Training Targets' proposal for the creation of higher level targets as part of its review which is endorsed in the British government's competitiveness White paper. Council's nationwide conferences to review targets pitched at school and further education level; Plans to quality 50 per cent of the workforce at NVQ level 3.

Reports on the criticism of the education policy of British Labour Party official Jeff Rooker by fellow Labour Party members. Specific inadequacies of Rooker's green paper; Response of Rooker; Rewriting of the policy.

Reports on Edinburgh University principal Sir David Smith's accusation on the British government's practice of `philistinism' in refusing to set up a humanities research council. Criticism of the government's recent research White Paper on the need for universities to contribute to wealth creation; Importance of the study of humanities; Small budget allocations for humanities research.