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| | Education | Colleges move closer to 'new university' status |
 | | The colleges are also pressing Charles Clarke, the education secretary, to lower the numbers limit and drop the requirement that a university must teach a range of five subject areas, this permitting the creation of smaller specialist universities. |
 | | The proposals are strongly opposed by Universities UK, which represents the existing university heads, and believes that the plan would break the crucial link between research and teaching. |
 | | Scop cites the University of Applied Arts, Vienna (1,100 students); the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (2,400 students); Kobe Design University, Japan (1,300 students); Silpakorn University of Art and Design, Thailand (2,000 students); and Wesleyan University, New England, US (2,900 students). |
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