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		<title>GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR REMAINS IN TOP UNIVERSITIES</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[People from low social economic backgrounds are still being badly under-represented at British universities, a worrying report by the National Audit Office has found.  The NAO reported that “people from lower socio-economic backgrounds make up around one half of the population of England, but represent just 29% of young, full-time, first-time entrants to higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL CITED IN &#8216;FALLING DEGREE STANDARDS&#8217; ROW</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Spurgin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A top academic has stated that the quality of degrees given by British universities is being compromised by an obsession with league tables and has singled out the University of Liverpool for particular attack.
Professor Geoffrey Alderman, former chairman of the University of London’s academic council, has accused universities of piling pressure on lecturers to award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UoL VICE-CHANCELLOR AWARDED KNIGHTHOOD</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/06/uol-vice-chancellor-awarded-knighthood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Esteves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Liverpool Vice-Chancellor, Professor Drummond Bone, has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. 
Professor Bone, who has been awarded the honour for services to Higher Education and the regeneration of the North-West, said: “This is an honour I share with my colleagues at the University of Liverpool and also those I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING DRAWS LINE ACROSS NORTH/SOUTH DIVIDE</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/06/plastic-bag-recycling-draws-line-across-northsouth-divide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Patchett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Plastic bags are the latest item to emphasise the UK&#8217;s North – South divide. 
Recent statistics from the supermarket ASDA have shown that their shoppers in the South-West of England have cut their use of carrier bags by an impressive 40.3% during the course of the last three weeks, whereas old habits die hard for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NUS PRESIDENT HITS OUT AT GOVERNMENT NOTION OF ‘ACADEMIC FREEDOM’</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/06/streeting-hits-out-at-government-notion-of-%e2%80%98academic-freedom%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/06/streeting-hits-out-at-government-notion-of-%e2%80%98academic-freedom%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NUS President-Elect Wes Streeting delivered a damning verdict last night on the Labour Governments recent policy document on ‘safeguarding academic freedom while tackling violent extremism on campus,’ labelling it a “red herring.” 
In recent advice to Universities, the Government has said that terrorist recruitment is a serious concern on campuses and has asked lecturers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY EXAM STRIKE THREAT</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/05/liverpool-hope-exam-strike-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/05/liverpool-hope-exam-strike-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at Liverpool Hope University could face exam disruption as 200 lecturers threaten strike action. Liverpool Hope University staff are protesting against plans to make seven out of sixteen people in the computer studies department redundant.
Today the University and College Union (UCU) said they feared job losses in other departments could follow. A spokesperson for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TWO GUILTY IN SION HARDY KILLING</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/05/two-guilty-in-sion-hardy-killing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/05/two-guilty-in-sion-hardy-killing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Two men were convicted of killing 24 year old Liverpool student Sion Hardy at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday. Simon Taylor and Kevin O’Dea, both 22, were convicted of manslaughter after they attacked Sion following a night out at Nation in Liverpool last November.
The foreman of the jury broke down in tears as she delivered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WILDCAT BUS STRIKE CAUSE CHAOS FOR STUDENTS</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/05/wildcat-bus-strike-causing-chaos-for-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/05/wildcat-bus-strike-causing-chaos-for-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of students were left stranded this morning after 100+ Arriva bus drivers from the Speke depot walked out on a wildcat strike, forcing the cancellation of dozens of routes across South Liverpool.
Drivers walked out in protest against revised working hours which have been proposed for new duties to be introduced at the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNIVERSITIES WARN: UK STUDENT NUMBERS SET TO FALL</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/universities-warn-uk-student-numbers-set-to-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/universities-warn-uk-student-numbers-set-to-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Morgan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of undergraduate students in higher education in the UK looks set to fall in the next decade and beyond, according to a report by Universities UK. 
Their projections show a decline of 4.6% in the number of British students at university in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with England alone showing a moderate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STUDENT PRISONERS PAID £730,000 IN LOANS</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/student-prisoners-paid-730000-in-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/student-prisoners-paid-730000-in-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bunting</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It has emerged that £730,000 has been paid in student loans to UK prisoners since 1998; three times more than originally reported. 
Latest investigations by the Student Loans Company show that 154 inmates have received money via maintenance loans and grants, 44 in this current academic year alone.
In a written Commons’ statement, the Innovation, Universities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STUDENT AND GRADUATE DISCRIMINATION ON THE INCREASE</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/student-and-graduate-discrimination-on-the-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/student-and-graduate-discrimination-on-the-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Linnegar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report conducted by the UK’s top website for graduate recruitment, milkround.com has uncovered a worrying rise in work place discrimination aimed at students and recent graduates with ethnicity at its core. 
These worrying results revealed a shocking 86 percent of students and graduates questioned felt they had faced discrimination, up from 81 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RACIST VIDEO SPARKS HUGE PROTEST</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/racist-video-sparks-huge-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/racist-video-sparks-huge-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of students in one of South Africa’s universities are facing criminal charges after a video was found allegedly showing them forcing black campus employees to eat food that had been urinated on. The university has strongly condemned the students’ behaviour in the video. 
The incident saw students and staff unite in protest on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MERSEYSIDE JUDGES CRITICISED OVER GUN CRIME SENTENCING</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/merseyside-judges-criticised-over-gun-crime-sentencing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/merseyside-judges-criticised-over-gun-crime-sentencing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of 11 year old Rhys Jones’ murder last year, Merseyside Chief Constable Bernard Hogan-Howe has aired his belief that judges should not overlook the mandatory five year sentences for possession of a firearm. Such tragic events have made gun crime a hugely emotive issue on Merseyside. There was a public outcry in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LGoS COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/lgos-committee-to-examine-higher-education-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/lgos-committee-to-examine-higher-education-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Morgan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Liverpool Guild of Students has set up a committee to examine the impact that tuition fees have on students. The Scrutiny Committee, set up by Campaigns Officer Liz Williams will produce a report providing clear evidence of how higher education funding affects students and the wider city community, with an assessment of both undergraduate and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOREIGN STUDENTS NEW TARGET FOR FUNDING CUTS</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/foreign-students-new-target-for-funding-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/foreign-students-new-target-for-funding-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Faichney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One in seven students are facing further financial hardship in coming academic years as the government has announced as series of cuts to scholarship schemes for foreign undergraduates to allow more money to be spent on tackling climate change. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has announced a slash of over £10m a year in two scholarships [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CRITICISMS INCREASE OVER SECOND DEGREE FUNDING CUTS</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/criticisms-increase-over-second-degree-funding-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/criticisms-increase-over-second-degree-funding-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Linnegar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government suffered a fresh blow last week over its decision to cut funding for students wishing to study a second degree when it was severely criticized by MPs. The Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee said the decision appeared to have been hasty. It said switching funding to those taking first degrees was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NUS CONFERENCE REPORT: GOVERNANCE PROPOSALS REJECTED</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/nus-conference-report-governance-proposals-rejected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/nus-conference-report-governance-proposals-rejected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The NUS was left in tatters last week as the Governance proposals, aimed at modernizing the union’s outdated structures failed to be ratified at its annual conference in Blackpool.  A fiery debate heard that the changes would transform the union for the benefit of students and make it more representative. NUS president, Gemma Tumelty, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STUDENTS FINED FOR FIRE ALARMS HOAX</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/students-fined-for-fire-alarm-hoax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/students-fined-for-fire-alarm-hoax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Two university students in Liverpool have been fined for setting off fire alarms in student accomodation.
In the first incident, a foreign exchange student at Liverpool University activated a dry powder extinguisher while visiting student halls in Opal Court, London Road, setting off the alarms.
The second involved a John Moores University student, who was a guest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NUS DROPS FREE EDUCATION PRINCIPLE</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/nus-drops-free-education-principle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/nus-drops-free-education-principle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at the annual NUS National Conference have voted to get scrap the principle that the National Union of Students will only argue for free education. Although alternative motions to ‘fight for the abolition of all tuition fees and hold a national demonstration’ were proposed, they were defeated by just 41 votes.
The newly-elected president, Wes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NUS CONFERENCE: ELECTIONS ROUND-UP</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/nus-conference-elections-round-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/nus-conference-elections-round-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There were few surprises on day two of conference, with elections for the full time positions taking place. The winners were as follows:
President - Wes Streeting
VP Higher Education - Aaron Porter
VP Further Education - Beth Walker (re-elected)
National Secretary - Richard &#8216;bubble&#8217; Budden
VP Welfare - Ama Uzorwu (re-elected)
Treasurer - Dave Lewis (re-elected)
All candidates elected were strong [...]]]></description>
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