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	BBC NEWS \| Education \| UK Systems \| Higher education
		Higher education is that above Advanced Higher grade and its equivalents and is provided in universities and colleges of higher education and in some further education colleges.
		Scottish higher education institutions are self-governing organisations with sole responsibility for running their own affairs.
		From the figures from 1997, of the 276,503 pupils admitted into higher education, 178,170 were accepted on the basis of their A-levels, 16,000 from the Scottish Higher and the remainder from vocational courses.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/how_the_system_works/scotland/93177.stm (1186 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| higher news \| Scottish universities target 'fees refugees'
		Scottish universities, faced with a falling population at home, are to target students in England in the hope of picking up "fees refugees" when top-up fees are introduced south of the border next year.
		And although politicians in the Scottish Parliament have been quick to raise the spectre of universities being swamped by English students seeking to avoid top-up fees of up to £3,000 a year, some universities are seeing this as good way to preserve numbers and standards.
		Students from England going to Scottish universities now pay £1,200 a year upfront; this is due to rise to £1,700, and more in the case of medicine.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/news/story/0,9830,1546454,00.html?... (813 words)

	Scottish National Committee - Scottish higher education qualifacations
		In particular, Scottish higher education qualifications allow for both breadth and depth of study, and dovetail with the distinctive Scottish school and further education qualifications.
		We are also aware of a number of initiatives amongst Scottish higher education institutions to revitalise and redefine the three-year degree as a positive choice of students.
		Quality and standards throughout the Scottish higher education system must be rigorously preserved and, subject to this and the National Committee's recommendations, we agree that franchising should be a decision for individual institutions.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /educol/ncihe/sc39.htm (2950 words)

	About the UK's Higher Education System - Higher Education - UK System - Education - British Council USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Approximately 1.8 million students currently are in the higher education system; about one third of young people go on to higher education at age 18 (with almost 50% of students in Scotland), and an increasing number of "mature" students are studying either full-time or part-time for university degrees.
		Higher education is a priority in current policy for the current government, with a target set to attract 50 percent of 18- to 30-year-olds to higher education.
		Nearly all UK universities and higher education colleges are publicly-funded by the central government via funding councils (and by the Department of Education in Northern Ireland).
	www.britishcouncil.org /pl/usa-education-uk-system-higher-education-about.htm (429 words)

	BBC- One Life - Education - 16 - Qualifications: Scottish Higher Still/Highers
		Higher Still replaced Highers and National Certificate modules in 1999 and are taken by Scottish students are they finish their Scottish Standard Grades (the Scottish equivalent of GCSEs) at the age of 16.
		Higher Still are available in around 70 subjects from traditional academic subjects, such as biology, to vocational subjects like travel and tourism.
		Higher Still are often used as a stepping stone to go on to university and they are a widely recognised entry qualification for a wide range of degrees.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio1/onelife/education/16/highers.shtml (290 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| higher news \| Scottish universities get funding boost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Scottish universities will receive £843m for teaching and research in the coming year and a further £28m to improve teaching facilities, the funding council announced today.
		Participation in higher education is already hovering around 50% for school leavers, while the figure for 18 to 30-year-olds - the measure being used for the government's 50% target for the UK - is thought to be above 60%.
		In total Scottish universities are to receive £148m for teaching and learning facilities over the next three years.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/news/story/0,9830,1441013,00.html (383 words)

	Higher (Scottish) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		SCE Higher Grade was the historical terminal exam for the majority of Scottish secondary school students, especially those seeking work in skilled industries or progress onto higher education.
		By 1996 Scottish Higher Education Institutions were generally only accepting Revised Higher Grade for entry, except where a student was classed as a Mature Student (aged over 25).
		Higher became Level 6 on the SCQF and is now a National Course, and a component of the Scottish Qualifications Certificate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Higher_(Scottish) (912 words)

	Scottish National Committee - Management of the System
		Scottish higher education, either in higher education institutions or further education colleges, is not currently managed as a system.
		We recommend to the Government that the proposed funding council for higher education should have responsibility for all provision offered by higher education institutions and degree provision wherever it is offered, including degree provision in the further education colleges and, when it comes on stream, the University of the Highlands and Islands Project.
		The Scottish further and higher education funding councils would be responsible for the range of tasks associated with the allocation of funding, accountability for resources and securing cost-effectiveness in the sector.
	www.ncl.ac.uk /ncihe/sc80.htm (2812 words)

	Scottish National Committee - Scottish higher education and the Scottish economy
		We consider Scottish higher education providers to have a significant and valuable role in the Scottish economy, as creators of revenue, as generators of external income from services, as economic regenerators, as producers of skilled recruits for employers and as centres of leading-edge research.
		This included the receipts of the higher education institutions (£1.1 billion), the 'relevant income' of Scottish students, ie maintenance awards and student loans (£120 million), and the off-campus expenditures of students and visitors from the rest of the UK and from overseas (£191 million).
		There is other evidence from ongoing Scottish Office Education and Industry Department (SOEID) work on 'Trade in Skills', under the Scottish Input Output Project, that suggests that Scotland's strongest comparative export advantage is in its provision of higher education both to the rest of the UK and abroad.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /educol/ncihe/sc66.htm (2914 words)

	Scottish subject benchmark statement - Nursing - November 2002
		This is reflected in the fact that the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) is slightly different from that of its counterparts in the rest of the UK In particular, Scotland has continued to embrace the development and award of the Scottish ordinary degree for a range of vocational and professional programmes of preparation.
		The Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing remains the threshold standard for pre-registration nursing programmes in Scotland, but to this must be added the fact that the Scottish Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing attracts 60 credit points at SCQF level 9 (SHE level 3) which is Scottish ordinary degree level.
		In particular, the Scottish benchmarking group placed a high value on the way in which a single set of benchmarks and expected features were presented as the threshold standard for professional preparation at different levels of academic award.
	www.qaa.ac.uk /academicinfrastructure/benchmark/scottish/nursing.asp (8546 words)

	Advanced Higher (Scottish) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Advanced Higher is a non-compulsory qualification which forms part of the Scottish secondary education system.
		Advanced Higher is one level of National Course offered by the Scottish Qualifications Authority as part of the National Qualifications framework.
		In the UCAS tariff of valuing qualifications for university entry, Advanced Highers are usually considered on the same footing as A Levels, which are offered to students of the same age elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Advanced_Higher_(Scottish) (379 words)

	Scottish Funding Council - News - PRHE/15/02 Scottish Higher Education Funding Council's 2001-02 annual report and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Published today, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council's annual report and accounts show that over the period 2001-02 a record £717M of public funds was invested in Scotland's universities and higher education institutions.
		I am pleased to report that the proportion of students in Scottish higher education institutions from low participation neighbourhoods is the highest in the UK.
		The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) is a Non-Departmental Public Body which supports the maintenance and further development of Scottish higher education institutions.
	www.sfc.ac.uk /library/06854fc203db2fbd000000f52b86b435 (440 words)

	07 Scottish Guide - Higher Education in Scotland
		This area of our website outlines full-time courses at degree, Dip HE, Higher National Diploma and Higher National Certificate level in Scotland and the institutions included are listed at the end.
		Higher education institutions welcome applications from mature students, who may present a range of qualifications or have completed an Access course.
		3 Higher and 2 S grades and the going rate for popular courses may well be higher than this.
	www.careers-scotland.org.uk /careersscotland/Web/Site/People/Resource_Centre/Education/ScottishHE/introduction.asp (499 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| higher news \| Students attack plan for Scottish top-up fees
		Scottish students today accused ministers of trying to "sneak in" legislation for top-up fees to a new bill which will merge the higher and further education funding councils in Scotland.
		Scottish students currently pay a £2,000 endowment after their graduation - more of a limited graduate tax than a tuition fee.
		This is in response to ongoing concerns that Scottish universities are footing the costly bill of training English medics who inevitably return to England after graduation, while Scotland faces a shortage of doctors.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/news/story/0,9830,1319370,00.html (767 words)

	Scottish Research Colleges : Scottish Development International
		As well as 13 universities and 6 higher education institutions, Scotland has 46 colleges of further education providing a range of higher education and vocational courses.
		Combining higher education institutions and further education colleges, Scotland has 272,627 students studying at any one time for a higher education qualification.
		The combined number of graduates with a higher education qualification in 2001/2002 was 63,430.
	www.scottishdevelopmentinternational.com /pages/AboutScotland/ScottishFurtherEducation/index.asp?intextonly=false (236 words)

	UNISON Scotland Higher Education SC Report Feb 05
		This is enabling Higher Education Activists directly involved with the implementation of the Framework Agreement to have the skills to be able to look at the appropriate grade and pay structures being put forward arising out of Job Evaluation and Framework Agreement issues.
		It is recognised that Higher Education Branches have an ideal opportunity to maximise recruitment potential during the negotiations for implementing the Framework Agreement, however the challenges this is making on activists time is a concern to the Service Group and to senior activists.
		Our activists in Higher Education are rising to the challenge in implementing Partnership Working across the sector, however there are difficulties at local level with certain of the academic trade unions branches which are exacerbating Partnership Working both with them and with the employer.
	www.unison-scotland.org.uk /highered/report.html (679 words)

	EETimes.com - Scotland beats UK average for IP commercialisation
		Scottish Universities are more active than their UK counterparts in commercialising their Intellectual Property (IP), according to a report from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC).
		According to the research, 15 out of the 17 Scottish institutions surveyed stated that they have an in-house capability to seek licensing opportunities for their IP and total revenues for IP commercialisation for 2000/01 were 4.6m, 25 percent of the UK total.
		According to the research, Scottish institutions place a higher requirement on their staff to report the creation of IP with 88 percent requiring the disclosure of inventions compared with 73 percent for the UK as a whole.
	www.eetimes.com /news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10801271 (947 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| 'Blip' in Higher Grade pass rate
		Scottish Qualifications Authority figures published on Tuesday showed that 70.8% of Highers were passed in 2006, compared with 71.2% last year.
		Scottish National Party MSP Fiona Hyslop said pupils should be congratulated for their efforts and their achievements.
		While also congratulating pupils, Scottish Conservative deputy leader Murdo Fraser said: "It is vital that we have an education system in Scotland which allows every student to make the most of their talents, whether they are academic or vocational.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/5254576.stm (580 words)

	Scottish Schools Online - Exam guide
		Highers are the qualifications normally needed for entry into university or college to study for degrees and Higher National courses (HNCs and HNDs).
		Advanced Highers are usually taken in sixth year at school or at college.
		They extend the skills and knowledge gained at Higher and are additional qualifications useful for entry into higher education or the workplace.
	www.scottishschoolsonline.gov.uk /examguide.asp (426 words)

	Scottish Higher Education Institutions
		All except for the Open University and the Scottish Agricultural College are funded by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council.
		The second is the Scottish Centre for International Education, which, for over 30 years, has provided courses for educationists and other professionals from a wide range of overseas countries.
		The Scottish Agricultural College was formed in April 190 by combining the former North of Scotland college of Agriculture (Aberdeen), the East of Scotland College of Agriculture (Edinburgh) and the West of Scotland College at Auchincruive near Ayr into a single corporate structure.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /library/documents/highered.htm (4954 words)

	Higher Education Resource Hub
		Informal voluntary assembly of 30 management-oriented higher education associations in the United States and Canada.
		The Council is concerned with the funding of colleges and institutions of higher education and universities in Wales, and has the power to fund higher education in further education colleges.
		Established in June 1992 under the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act to provide financial support for teaching, research, and associated activities in Scottish higher education institutions.
	www.higher-ed.org /policy.htm (736 words)

	Higher Still - New Courses and Qualifications in Scotland from August 1999
		Higher still qualifications will be offered in over 50 subject areas.
		Higher Still will be phased in from August 1999 onwards, starting with the replacement of existing Higher courses by Higher Still courses, and perhaps other levels of courses.
		Students can take Higher Still qualifications, part or full time, at day or evening classes in further education colleges, schools, community centres, local learning centres or with private training organisations.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /library/documents-w2/hsl-00.htm?1;lp-main.htm (513 words)

	RBGE: Scottish biodiversity
		In addition we hold historically important archive material pertaining to Scottish plants, including phenological data and the archives of the Botanical Society of Scotland, the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club and the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland.
		A large collection of photographs of Scottish plants is housed at RBGE and includes images of native higher plants, bryophytes, fungi, lichens and algae as well as more general habitat photographs.
		Research at RBGE focuses on cataloguing the diversity of fungi that are present, establishing the diversity among pathogenic rust fungi and assessing the dynamics of mycorrhizal fungal diversity in relation to higher plant diversity.
	www.rbge.org.uk /rbge/web/science/research/scottishbiodiversity.jsp (821 words)

	UT: Authors
		DANIEL FELDMAN is Adjunct Professor of Didactics at the School of Philosophy and Letters at University of Buenos Aires; and researcher in Contents, Curriculum and Teaching Practice at the Research Institute of Education (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educacion, IICE) at the University of Buenos Aires.
		She has recently received her Ph.D. in Higher Education from the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA and is currently the assistant director of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges at UCLA.
		Her research interests include international higher education, faculty issues, and perspectives on teaching in higher education, academic ethics, and community colleges.
	www.higher-ed.org /JF/UT/authors.htm (1806 words)

	The Scottish Parliament e-Petitions: Background Information
		For example, there is little evidence that the Scottish Higher and Further Education Council weighs in its funding allocations a responsibility on the part of Scottish Universities to provide for teaching and research in Scottish literature, history and languages.
		We submit therefore that there is a goodwill towards the study and celebration of Scottish literature, languages and history and growing public interest but that the public bodies have failed to respond adequately to the cultural and political changes in Scotland.
		The Literature Forum affirms the learner centred approach reflected in current Scottish educational thinking but submits that a critical knowledge, pride and self-awareness of the learner’s own environment and culture is a necessity foundation for self-confidence in dealing with and caring about other cultures and necessary environments.
	epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk /view_backgroundinfo.asp?PetitionID=81 (608 words)

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