But I can quite understand why some institutions are less forgiving than others

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But I can quite understand why some institutions are less forgiving than others. It is no surprise that one school's exclusion is another school's detention.Who is right? I'm not sure that I know. What I do know is that there are those for whom school is not the right place, and while policy suggests that all must attend, come what may, then the education of others will continue to be harmed There has to be a better answer. Schools must be allowed to say that enough is enough.The writer is deputy headmaster of a comprehensive school in Wales. When the United Kingdom announced its e-university plan in February this year, dot mania was at its height.

But since then, the stock market has slid and doubts have set in about the e-U, as it is now called. People are even asking whether the e-U will go the way of the Dome. When the United Kingdom announced its e-university plan in February this year, dot mania was at its height. But since then, the stock market has slid and doubts have set in about the e-U, as it is now called.

People are even asking whether the e-U will go the way of the Dome. Initially, there was lots of starry-eyed talk about the world's first national e-university. We would beam high-quality courses into cyberspace, sign up thousands of students from all over the globe and make pots of money for UK plc.But now the critics are wondering whether it will become a monstrous white elephant, gobbling up taxpayers' money but not making any of its own, because people either don't know of its existence or are underwhelmed by it. And how will the e-U compete with all the rival alliances now being formed by individual universities around the world (see box right)?Sir John Daniel, Vice-chancellor of the Open University, and an international expert on distance learning, is sceptical about whether the e-U will succeed. Does it makes sense to try to create a British university brand, he asks. In forming alliances, the top universities don't seem particularly attached to the idea of a UK brand, he points out. And will the private sector be prepared to invest £200m in the enterprise?The concept of the e-U has changed.