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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 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.

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.