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The British Academy (BA) has been accused of misleading higher education minister Alan Johnson following the release of new material by the Times Higher Education Supplement on the way the society handled its UKPd2 mil centenary research competition. Documents released under the Data Protection Act suggest that at least one application was judged by the Academy using a different set of criteria to those published in its initial call for proposals. The discovery calls into questions assurance from the BA to Department for Education and Skills officials that "all applications were considered and assessed in relation to the same criteria, published at the outset".
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As a result of proposed amendments to the government's higher education bill put forward by Liberal Democrat and Conservative peers, academics could, in the future, pass on any grievances they might have to an independent complaints body. The amendments are part of efforts by the Lords to force the government to expand to new student complaints ombudsman's role to cover complaints from university staff that are not covered by current employment laws.
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The Times Higher Education Supplement has conducted an investigation into allegations that there is a growing market in the UK in which agents arrange university places for Chinese students who do not have qualifications. The agents charge a fee and then provide the students with false qualifications with which they can get their university place.
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