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Teachers offered excellence fellowships
More than 100 school and college teachers will be going back to university as part of a scheme aimed at widening participation in higher education. Some 30 universities will offer excellence fellowship awards, allowing teachers to spend a term at university. Each university will get ?60,000 to spend on awards, while participating teachers will be eligible for ?1,000 bonuses.

• Participating institutions:
  51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bradford; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bristol; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central England in Birmingham; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Durham; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Greenwich; Gloucestershire 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leeds; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Lincoln; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Liverpool; Liverpool Hope; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Luton; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester; Manchester Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Northumbria at Newcastle; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Plymouth; Queen Mary, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London; South Bank 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sunderland; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sussex; Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College London; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Warwick; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of West of England; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of York; Bolton Institute of Higher Education; Canterbury Christ Church 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College; Southampton Institute.

Will Wills drop out of St Andrews?
There is scepticism in St Andrews 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ over reports that Prince William has been contemplating dropping out of his history of art degree or transferring to Edinburgh 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ. A university spokesperson refused to comment, saying she could not discuss individuals, but fellow students say they were "surprised" by the reports. A spokesperson for Prince Charles said: "We are not commenting on these speculative stories."

British student threatens to sue FBI
Oxford Brookes 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ student Adeel Akhtar, at the centre of an airline security scare in which he was mistaken for an international terrorist, said today he was considering legal action. The law student, who unwittingly prompted a huge security alert as he travelled from London to New York with Air india, said he was "shattered" after being led off the jet in handcuffs by FBI agents.

Oilman's $150m Texas gift is 'largest ever'
John "Jack" Jackson, 88, a former Texas oilman, has pledged his $150 million (?105 million) estate to the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Texas in what president Larry R. Faulkner says is the largest gift ever made to a single public university in the United States. Last year the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Colorado System, which includes several schools, received a $250 million gift.