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Government should record fee-related expulsions
A national record should be kept of the number of students kicked off courses for failing to pay tuition fees, National Union of Students official Lindsey Fidler told the House of Commons education select committee yesterday. She said a third of the students who are required to pay tuition fees received no parental contribution.

Law and medicine must widen access
Universities must focus on hard-to-access disciplines such as law and medicine, Baroness Warwick, chief executive of Universities UK, will tell a conference in London.

Police seek cash to protect prince
The police force in St Andrews has bid for more than £100,000 to meet the extra cost of guarding Prince William when he goes to study at the university this autumn. The Scottish Executive is considering the request from Fife Police.

TV star quits race for Dundee rectorship
David Hasselhoff, star of television show Baywatch , has withdrawn from the race for student-elected rector at Dundee University because of a “hectic work schedule”.