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1. 1. Education conference comes home

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 January 2004 A MAJOR conference for education chiefs is to return to its Manchester roots. The 102nd annual North of England Education Conference - which began in Manchester in 1903 - will be hosted by the University of Manchester and its centre for educational leadership next year.

2. 2. Fee rebels to fight on

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 January 2004 REBEL Labour MPs will continue the fight against student tuition fees, despite government concessions. Education Secretary Charles Clarke tried to head off the massive revolt with cash bonuses for students from poorer families.

3. 3. Pupils to swap class for work

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 26 January 2004 FOURTEEN-year-olds could soon be allowed to swap the classroom for the workplace in a shake-up of the education system. Bury South MP Ivan Lewis has revealed plans for a new junior apprenticeship scheme.

4. 4. '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.

5. 5. Blair's battle over student top-up fees

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 January 2004 TONY Blair faces a battle with Labour rebels and leading universities - including Manchester - over his plans for student top-up fees. Education Secretary Charles Clarke will publish the Higher Education Bill which will allow universities to charge variable tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year.

6. 6. Universities to "charge maximum fees"

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 13 January 2004 UNIVERSITIES have decided to charge the full £3,000 top-up fees for all or most courses if the controversial Higher Education Bill goes ahead, a survey revealed today.

7. 7. Storm grows on top-up fees

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 January 2004 TONY Blair and Education Secretary Charles Clarke today faced critics of their plans for student top-up fees. With the Commons vote on the controversial plan due within two weeks, the prime minister will make it clear he is staking his authority on the issue.

8. 8. Clarke sweetens top-up fees bill

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 January 2004 THE government made a series of concessions to Labour rebels over top-up fees but vowed to press ahead with plans to allow universities to charge up to £3,000 a year. Education Secretary Charles Clarke promised more cash help for poorer students.

9. 9. We could lose fees vote, says Prescott

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 27 January 2004 THE government today admitted it could be heading for defeat over plans for student top-up fees. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said that unless more rebels changed their mind, the Higher Education Bill was doomed.

10. 10. Teacher's nine year nightmare is over

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 January 2004 A TEACHER suspended on full pay for nine years after he was accused of sexual misconduct has agreed to quit after a deal was struck. The case is understood to have cost an estimated £1 million.

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