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In January 2024, universities offering international foundation years were accused by the Sunday Times of allowing foreign students to "buy their way in" to top universities. [12] [13] In response, Universities UK requested a review of the quality of international foundation year programmes by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). [14]
The UFP was conceived as an alternative to A-Level courses for international students wishing to gain entry into British universities. Although the structure of A-Levels has been changed in recent years to adopt a more holistic, coursework-based approach, the University Foundation Programme offers still less emphasis on end-of-year exam performance and as such is considered more manageable for ...
An Act to Make provision about public service television; about the sustainability of, and programme-making by, C4C; [d] about the name, remit, powers, governance and audit of S4C; [e] about the regulation of television selection services; about the regulation of on-demand programme services; about the regulation of radio services; about the ...
In 2024, the Resolution Foundation calculated that the government had "pencilled in" further cuts to public services following the 2024 general election. That is, the tax cuts offered shortly before the election were funded by proposed budget cuts to take place in the 2024–2029 parliament, should the Conservatives have won.
In October 2024 it was announced that 1 million volunteers had given blood samples. Dr Raghib Ali, the CEO of Future Health, said "We can now say that Our Future Health is the world's largest health research programme of its kind. No other programme has collected this many blood samples for long-term research." [21] [22]
Foundation degrees were formally launched in 2001 and the first students enrolled at the start of the 2001/2 academic year. [6] Foundation degrees expanded initially, particularly taking market share from other sub-degree qualifications such as Higher National Diplomas, but overall enrollments have declined since 2009. Although the number of ...
UK Community Foundations was responsible for ensuring the implementation of the £50 million UK-wide Fair Share Trust programme, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Also, on behalf of Comic Relief they distribute some of the funds raised through Red Nose Day and Sport Relief through the network of local community foundations.
For services to the COVID-19 Vaccination programme [31] Sunil Bharti Mittal – Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises. For services to UK and India Business relations [31] Eric Schmidt – Former CEO and Chairman of Google. For services to Philanthropy [31] Stephen A. Schwarzman – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder ...