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The article reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the Great Britain House of Commons and the House of Lords. The article excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by LEA, LSC, university or constituency. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order. The period covered by this report is during June 9-13, 2003. It includes questions from the Department for Education and Skills, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department of Health, the Lord Chancellor's Department, the Northern Ireland Office, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Wales Office, the Department for Work and Pensions and the House of Lords.

The article reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by LEA, LSC, university or constituency. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order. The period covered by this report is from March 31 to April 4, 2003 and includes questions from the Department for Education and Skills, the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Health, the Northern Ireland Office and the House of Lords, Great Britain.

Focuses on government policy towards higher education in Great Britain. Key example where authority tools have been applied to effect changes or resolve issues in higher education; Forms of incentive tools used in higher education; Correlation between learning tools and corporate university.

The article comments on the further education white papers in Great Britain. It contained some policy developments on the new adult learning. It stated that adults and young people had different learning needs and more needs should be provided to adult learners. In order to allow colleges and other providers to serve the market, planning should be restricted and choice should be extended in the adult skills learning.

Scholar Sidney Lee has returned to England convinced that the American way of choosing college professors is better than the English, and has manfully made his avowal of conversion in the newspaper "London Times." Towards that variety of the merit system, which prevails at the English universities, his attitude is one of courteous ridicule. No man of high professional standing likes to answer an advertisement and put himself in public competition with a score of nobodies, and no modest person wishes to draw up the list of his own qualifications; while canvassing for the endorsement of distinguished acquaintances is the most distasteful task that can be set a scholar.

The article offers information on how Year 13 students can aim for an A+ grade at A level in Great Britain. It notes that students need to achieve an A grade overall to get an A+, so they will need to average 90% or more on the uniform mark scale (UMS) across their A2 units. Godalming College head of science Peter Clarke states that students need to be able to transfer their skills into unfamiliar situations, and needs to make their thinking more original, creative, and analytical.

Highlights a meeting by speakers and guests in London, England in 2003 to discuss a merged post-secondary or post-compulsory tertiary sector in Great Britain. Views on social construction of education; Origin of major British universities; Details of the persistent dualising of education after school.

Analyzes the issues attendant to an online learning and teaching plans of universities in Great Britain. Discussion on the impact of the development of on-line courses; Courses offered by the Institute of Educational Technology.

The article discusses several documents released by British government organizations regarding education as of July 2014. Documents discussed include and updated "Youth Engagement Fund: Prospectus," by the Cabinet Office; "Performance Indicators in Higher Education in the UK 2012 to 2013," by The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; and "Training Programme," by The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.

The article focuses on the means done by some universities in Great Britain to stop cuts in nurse education. Some of them have considered to reduce the number of teachers. Executive officer Paul Turner stresses that other universities are waiting for the new financial year before deciding on cuts. He emphasizes the implications of cuts to student numbers for universities.