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The government wants to increase the number of students in higher education by 60,000, the universities and skills secretary said today. Setting out the government’s spending commitments for higher education, John Denham said ministers want a 60,000 increase in student numbers by 2010/11. This is part of a wider commitment to increasing and widening participation… Read more »

Metal detectors will be installed at secondary schools most at risk of knife crime, the government is set to announce. Under plans to be unveiled by Jacqui Smith in February, alarm systems will be fitted at gates of selected schools in London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. “More detail will be available in the tackling violence… Read more »



