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Leeds Met summarises articles relating to Leeds Metropolitan University that feature in the local and national media.
December 2004
Thursday 16th December 2004
Yorkshire Evening Post – “Uni cuts its fees to fight student debt”
Leeds Met has taken inspiration from the city’s rugby league champions in a bid to reduce student debt. The university is the first in the country to decide not to levy the full £3,000 in annual fees to be introduced in 2006. Instead students will have to pay about £2,000 a year, whatever course they study
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Wednesday 15th December 2004
The Guardian Education – “Leeds Met to charge lower fees”
Leeds Metropolitan today became the first university to announce that it would charge less than the maximum £3,000 rate for top-up fees.
Breaking rank with the vast majority of universities, which have so far indicated they will charge the maximum £3,000 a year, Leeds Met – which has more than 41,000 students – said undergraduates would pay around £2,000.
Full story http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/
tuitionfees/story/0,12757,1374277,00.html
BBC News online UK edition – “University offers cut-price fees”
A university has promised to charge all students less than the maximum £3,000 a year for courses when higher fees are introduced in England.
Leeds Metropolitan University, which has said it would set tuition fees “in the region of £2,000”, is the first in the country to make such an offer.
Full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4098549.stm
Yorkshire Evening Post – “Tennis twins are ace…and they owe it all to cliff!”
Tenacious twins took centre stage at a star-studded event to show how a nationwide talent spotting tennis scheme can produce potential stars of the future from inner cities. Martin and Daniel Regan, from Leeds, who are coached at the tennis centre at Leeds Met’s Headingley Campus, were hailed as beacons of the Cliff Richard inspired Tennis Foundation at a gathering amid the glittering splendour of Hampton Court Palace in London.
Friday 17th December 2004
Yorkshire Evening Post – “Leeds’s Live Aid”
Band Aid are at the top of the charts with ‘Do they know it’s Christmas?’ – and Leeds’s own version of Live Aid is to help people in Ethiopia put a roof over their heads. Charity concert ‘They’ll know it’s Christmas’ will take place in the city on Thursday, January 6 at 9pm – midnight in Ethiopia - at Leeds Met’s Students’ Union, to mark the African nation’s Christmas which takes place on January 7.
Yorkshire Evening Post – “We all love Beeston Hill and Holbeck”
PR students from Leeds Met and local residents from Beeston Hill and Holbeck have formed group Action 11, which stands for All Communities Together In Our Neighbourhoods with the number 11 representing the area’s LS11 postcode. Action 11 have begun a campaign to bring the communities of Beeston Hill and Holbeck together and to challenge negative views of the area.
News.Scotsman.com (PA News) – “Leeds Met lops £1,000 off top-up tuition fees”
One of Britain’s largest universities today became the first to announce it will or will not charge students the maximum top-up tuition fees of £3,000 a year. The vast majority of institutions are expected to take full advantage of the new fees regime when it comes in from 2006.
But Leeds Metropolitan University announced its intention to set cheaper fees, “in the region of £2,000, rather than the £3,000 maximum”.
The university, which has 41,000 students, said it was offering high-quality education “at an affordable price”.
Full story http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3891399
Thursday 16th December 2004
Times Higher – “Leeds Met sets fees at £2,000”
Leeds Metropolitan University this week became the first institution to opt for fees as low as £2,000 a year for degrees, undercutting its rivals by up to £1,000 and raising the prospect that others may follow suit.
Governors voted unanimously to back plans put forward by Simon Lee, the Vice-Chancellor, to charge an annual flat-rate fee of about £2,000 for all the degrees offered by Leeds Met.
The Guardian – “Leeds Met offer cuts in top-up fees”
Leeds Metropolitan University has broken ranks and become the first institution to announce it will charge less than the maximum £3,000 when student top-up fees are introduced in 2006. In a move which has ended the consensus in higher education Leeds Met, which has 41,000 students, said undergraduates would pay about £2,000 a year.
Full story http://education.guardian.co.uk/students
/tuitionfees/story/0,12757,1374688,00.html
Yorkshire Post – “University set to offer reduced-price degrees”
Leeds Met has announced it will charge students fees of around £2,000 per year from 2006, below the £3,000 maximum set by the Government. The figure, devised by Vice-Chancellor Simon Lee, aims to encourage student applications.
Financial Times – “University to offer discount degrees”
Leeds Metropolitan University became the first to announce it would offer discount degrees in an attempt to maintain the diversity of its large student body. The Vice-Chancellor Professor Simon Lee, yesterday described the move as “radical”.
York Evening Press – “Training courses at the double”
Employees in Scarborough will benefit from a series of new courses being run in the area for the first time by training provider Yorkshire First Training, part of Leeds Met Training.
Yorkshire Evening Post – “Rhinos set for Elland Road sell-out”
Leeds Rhinos officials today predicted they are on track to sell out Elland Road for the Carnegie World Club Challenge showdown with Australian champions Canterbury Bulldogs. Full story
Thursday 9th December 2004
Yorkshire Evening Post –
“Get a taste of training”
Leeds Met Training is inviting unemployed people across Leeds to try their hand at a free taster training session at the Chapeltown Enterprise Centre next week. The taster sessions will be part of an ‘open door’ event where Leeds Met staff will offer advice and guidance about courses in the community from 9am to 12noon.
Yorkshire Evening Post – “East meets West”
A double page spread in the Education section highlights the rise in International students arriving in the city of Leeds. At Leeds Met the number of learners arriving from abroad has increased from 800 to 3,500 over the last 10 years. Elspeth Jones, Dean of the Leslie Silver International Faculty at Leeds Met, speaks in the article about the growing numbers of International students.
Sunday 12th December 2004
Independent on Sunday – “Plate expectations: to survive this Christmas, it’s time to talk turkey”
Louise Sutton, Head of health and exercise science at Leeds Met, gives advice on healthy eating over the Christmas period.
Monday 13th December 2004
Yorkshire Evening Post – “Rugby starlet Matthew’s helping hand”
Leeds Metropolitan University strives to be the home of many potential sporting stars, but one in particular has excelled within his sport. Matthew Mulholland has played rugby league since he was 10 when he took up the sport so he could spend more time with his rugby-loving step-dad.
Currently studying for a BSc in Health Related Fitness and Exercise at Leeds Met’s Headingley Campus, he recently was awarded a scholarship by the Talented Athlete Scholarship Fund (TASS) enabling him to gain professional help with his training.
Yorkshire Evening Post – “Lydia heads back home”
National PR consultancy Harrison Cowley has appointed Lydia Walton as an account director in its Leeds office. Lydia, who obtained a BSc (Hons) degree in European Finance and Accounting with German from Leeds Met, said: “Leeds has transformed in the last ten years. I really wanted to be part of that.”
Tuesday 14th December 2004
Yorkshire Post – “Boosting innovation and competitiveness”
An article about Yorkshire’s top 50 manufacturing companies, included in the Leeds Business School survey, features as a full page spread in today’s Yorkshire Post, written by Tim Braunholtz and Leeds Met Professor John Shutt.
