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College gets go-ahead for upgrade
Planning permission is granted for a £22m facility to replace ageing buildings at a Teesside College.

College sold by council for £1m
A 19th Century residential college in Cumbria is sold by the county council to help save money.

College stand-up comedy classes
A 12-week college course teaching people how to become stand-up comedians runs in Manchester.

Town celebrates university status
The creation of a university out of art colleges in Kent and Surrey is celebrated with a reception in Maidstone.

Tributes paid to rail death boy
Tributes are paid to a 16-year-old boy who was electrocuted at a railway station in West Sussex.

HIV charity campaigner knighted
Nick Partridge, chief executive of the UK's leading HIV and sexual health charity the Terrence Higgins Trust, is knighted.

Leading school improver knighted
Two pioneering school improvers are knighted as head teachers and civil servants are recognised in the New Year's honours list.

Top 10 slot for budding designers
Fashion designers from Somerset College make the final 10 in the Clothes Show's Young Designer of the Year final.

Promise over learning allowances
The Learning and Skills Council promises that EMA payments are now being processed efficiently.

Student allowance delays continue
With the end of the year approaching, it is unclear how many students might still be waiting for their EMAs.

Colds and flu remain mysterious
The mysteries of the viruses which cause colds and flu pose a big challenge to scientists.

England call on Argyle's Roberts
Plymouth Argyle ladies striker and Duchy College student Chloe Roberts is called up to train with the England under-23 and under-20 squads.

Ulster Colleges All Stars named
Omagh CBS and St Michael's Enniskillen both win three Bank of Ireland Ulster Colleges Football All Stars.

College aims for riverside campus
Aberdeen College is submitting plans to move to a new riverside campus at the Don at Tillydrone.

College fire was 'tackled early'
A college fire caused by a suspected arson attack was spotted early and tackled quickly, the manager says.

Arson theory over fire at college
About 35 firefighters tackle a fire at a Worcester college, which police think was started deliberately.

High ranking for college research
The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry is ranked in the top 50% of medical schools for research.

Man denies stab murder of student
A 45-year old man pleads not guilty to murdering a college student who was stabbed in Kent.

Uni drops out of research top 10
An assessment of university research sees Cardiff leave the top 10 but the institution says its work remains 'world leading'.

December's practice News Day
Schools across the UK took part in a practice News Day on 11 December 2008 in preparation for the UK-wide event in March.