Sussex hatchet man appointed new Ucea chief

>> Professor Alasdair Smith, vice-chancellor at Sussex, will take over as chairman of the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association (Ucea) on August 1. He succeeds Geoffrey Copland, who has reached the end of his four-year term. Full Story Comment from Patrick Ward

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Why no Platform?	Pay for your NUS Card?
When proposing policy at APU, Darryl Ley was continually asked if it was necessary to have policy to combat racism and fascism. His answer was an unsurprising yes. Full Story	Tim Dixon investigates the contraversial issue of whether the proposals to charge students for NUS Cards in the future is the best way forward for the National Union. Full Story

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About SATs - Answered .

>> After her original article on SATS, Jennifer Pegg was inundated by questions and queries about the tests. Her are her answers. Full Story

Ednet launches search for new writers.

>> Educationet, the student news service was founded in 2001, and since then has gone from strength to strength, but has been a victim of it's own success. Joe Rukin, who set up the site, got elected to the NUS NEC, and has found it difficult to put as much time in due to the time NUS takes up. Now, old retainer, Stuart Tomlinson now has to leave the life of studentdom and go and get a real job. So now the search is on for a new crop of students to write on education issues, some are already on board. Could you join them? Email Us

Opinion, Sean Mc Aughey

>> US Schools Must Disclose Information About Crime on and Around Campus Is Similar Legislation Required in Northern Ireland? Viewpoint by Freelance Journalist Sean Mc Aughey, Former University of Ulster Jordanstown Student' Union President Full Story

Student Loans- 10 things to know	Whose Fault is it anyway?
Did you know the interest on the student loan is charged on a daily basis. Or that the interest on the loan begins to accrue daily from the moment you receive your first instalment, or that the Student Loan Company does not receive any money you pay back through income tax until April each year, so Inland Revenue keep hold of the money while you interest accrues? Full Story	David Bell is now the head man at Ofsted. Not so long ago he made a few remarks about how parents were not properly educating their children to talk before they sent them off to primary school age 5. It now seems that he thinks that when they get there they will be poorly taught, by incompetent teachers. But what about Ofsted and some of the government's key educational policies? Full Story

Mergers Acquisitions and Disposals

>> Aston thinking about merging again, TVU to become the biggest uni by January, Fraud, Wales gets ahead of GATS, more closures at Kings, and another 'I told you so'. 21 months after Ford and Microsoft were touted as possibles to run universities, that shuddering thought takes a step closer Full Story

Education Out Of Reach	Why SATS must go
The gates to public colleges and universities across the U.S. are slamming shut for low-income students as steady tuition hikes and decreasing aid awards make higher education increasingly out of reach. Full Story	There's no escaping SATs at the moment, the Key Stage tests for 7, 11 and 14 year olds are back in the headlines, because of proposals to boycott the exams at 7 and 11 by members of the National Union of Teachers Full Story

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