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1. 11. 'We'll bring unis to a halt over fees'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 January 2004 STUDENTS are planning to bring the city's universities to a halt in their ongoing campaign against top-up fees. The power to charge students up to £3,000 a year is a central part of the Higher Education Bill, which was backed by MPs in the Commons on Tuesday night.

2. 12. £30-a-week lifeline for high-flier

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 April 2004 CONOR Towey dreams of being an airline pilot - and was determined to continue his studies after leaving school. But without the £30-a-week earn-as-you-learn maintenance allowance, he doesn't think this would have been possible.

3. 13. £30-a-week lifeline for high-flier

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 April 2004 CONOR Towey dreams of being an airline pilot - so was determined to continue his studies after leaving school. But without the £30-a-week earn-as-you-learn maintenance allowance he would have found it difficult.

4. 14. Leading head suspended after school probe

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 November 2004 ONE of Greater Manchester's leading head teachers, Dame Jean Else, has been suspended from Whalley Range High School for Girls after a two-year investigation into the running of the school.

5. 15. Mum's jail vow in row over schools

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 March 2004 LONELY Zeon Johnson-Aubert should be well into her first year at secondary school but spends every day at home in West Didsbury.Her mum Tracy says she would rather risk fines and even a spell in jail rather than send Zeon,11, to the schools she has been allocated.

6. 16. More pupils than ever are making the grade

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 December 2004 YOUNGSTERS in primary schools across the region have chalked up better results than ever, according to league tables published by the government today.

7. 17. Recluse's £1.3m gift for school

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 May 2004 A RECLUSE has left '1.3m to Manchester Grammar School. after hearing a radio programme 10 years ago about an appeal for '10m to pay for students whose families could not afford its fees.

8. 18. City's shame over empty school desks

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 September 2004 SCHOOL attendance levels in Manchester schools are the worst in the country, according to figures released by the government today. The Office of National Statistics measures absence according to the percentage of half-days missed by pupils.

9. 19. School clamp urged on holiday stayaways

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 18 September 2004 HEAD-TEACHER Michael Buczynski wants to crack down on the growing numbers of pupils missing school to go on holiday with parents cashing in on cheap flights.

10. 20. School goes continental

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 May 2004 A MANCHESTER high school is to adopt a continental-style timetable. Parents, staff, present and future pupils at Burnage High voted in favour of a working day that begins at 8.05am and ends at 1.45pm, followed by half an hour for lunch.

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