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IDRAS Consultants

25 January 2012

Need knowledgeable support? IDRAS is launching a Consultants List.

Consultation on EU alternative dispute resolution plans

12 January 2012

BIS is conducting a consultation on the proposed EU Directive on the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in consumer disputes. How will this affect further and higher education

Announcing IDRAS training events

27 April 2012

See the new training opportunity just launched.



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  • The HE Bill is postponed: what happens next?

    When it was announced that the Higher Education Bill was not going to be published in March, possibly not at all, observers were left wondering what happens next. A good deal can happen without legislation, though legislative change will be … Continue reading

  • Do your governors know how far their ‘tentacles’ reach?

    The University of Wales recently had to  ‘pull in its tentacles’, as Times Higher Education put it (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=417649&sectioncode=26). It had been expanding its accreditation offers outside the UK without sufficient care about supervision. Its operations had already been the subject … Continue reading


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Individuals

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