A social mobility drive is at odds with the coalition's university fee increase - The Guardian
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Stony-faced teenagers who once looked forward to a life of knife crime and unemployment now sit before Ucas forms writing witty personal statements. No more does British public transport throb to the strains of LMFAO's Sexy and I Know It ...

MDA insists that a holistic plan is needed for abandoned properties in UCAs - Malta Independent Daily
23 May 2012, 2:16 am
The Malta Developers’ Association (MDA) has long been insisting that the problem of abandoned properties in UCAs should lead to a holistic plan that includes fiscal incentives for all those who rehabilitate abandoned and rundown properties in these zones ...

Schemes for rehabilitation of properties in UCA will have 'a negligible and fictitious result' - developers - Times of Malta
22 May 2012, 12:44 am
"The MDA has long been insisting that the problem of abandoned properties in UCAs should lead to a holistic plan that includes fiscal incentives for all those who rehabilitate abandoned and run down properties in these zones – even when the work done is ...

Navy, MIT Grapple With Managing Drones On Dangerous Decks - AOL Travel News
21 May 2012, 6:54 pm
The approximately $1-billion UCAS-D effort should lay the groundwork for the follow-on Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike initiative, or UCLASS, which aims to add armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to all 11 of the Navy's ...

Bogart’s son to help Ohio farm where parents wed - Boston Herald
21 May 2012, 8:24 am
LUCAS, Ohio — The oldest child of actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall is helping to raise money to renovate part of the Ohio farm where the pair married in 1945. The News Journal in Mansfield reports Stephen Bogart will make his first ...

Plan to make EU students pay tuition fees - scotsman.com
20 May 2012, 5:33 am
Recent figures from UCAS, the university applications service, recorded a rise in European Union students wanting to study in Scotland this year. St Andrews University saw applications from the EU rise by 35 per cent. Education Secretary Mike Russell has ...

More students caught copying university applications - Daily Telegraph
19 May 2012, 2:28 am
In 2011, 8,458 university applicants were flagged up as having similarities in the personal statements, compared to 2,450 in 2010, according to figures obtained from admissions body Ucas by Radio 4's You and Yours programme through a Freedom of Information request.

Number of suspect university applications trebles - scotsman.com
18 May 2012, 8:09 pm
A total of 8,458 university applicants were flagged up as having similarities in their personal statements in 2011, compared with 2,450 in 2010, according to figures released by admissions body Ucas. In 2008, 3,098 applicants had their statements flagged.

X-47B gears up for summer milestones - Henderson Hall News
18 May 2012, 4:02 am
said Matt Funk, UCAS-D lead test engineer. “In the coming months, you can expect to see the X-47B flying over the base and surrounding area along the Chesapeake Bay.” The X-47B is the first unmanned vehicle designed to take off from and land ...

Live webchat with Ucas and Student Finance: applying to university - The Guardian
17 May 2012, 6:58 pm
Applying to university is a daunting prospect. With campus open days, student loans and Ucas forms – it's hard to know where to start. Following on from next week's launch of the Guardian University Guide 2013 – a combination of tables and ...