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Broadening the Scope of Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

Learning About, For, and Through Enterprise Pittaway and Edwards (2012) provide classifications in forms of enterprise and entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship education is presented as an academic discipline, much like history or sociology, with teaching, learning, and assessment methods aligned accordingly, such as lectures and essays.

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What happened the last time Labour wrestled with equality versus excellence in education?

HEPI

It’s taken me almost 20 years but, over the summer, I eventually got around to reading a book I’ve been wanting to read on higher education policy since I started working in the area over 15 years ago: University to Uni – The Politics of Higher Education since 1944 by Robert Stevens.

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Broadening the Scope of Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

Learning About, For, and Through Enterprise Pittaway and Edwards (2012) provide classifications in forms of enterprise and entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship education is presented as an academic discipline, much like history or sociology, with teaching, learning, and assessment methods aligned accordingly, such as lectures and essays.

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Universities should put educational materials online and make them free

HEPI

Plan E for Education is my proposal that a proportion of the educational resources generated in publicly funded universities be made freely available for sharing and use by others. A parallel initiative would allow educational materials to be used widely rather than being hidden behind the paywalls of publicly funded universities.

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Becoming a Mindful Leader and Influencing the Educational Experience

Faculty Focus

Many factors influence the educational experience of everyone involved in education, but the driving force is leadership. Proactive leaders tend to have a greater impact on the school community (Cotton, 2003). Student performance is often a reflection of the school curriculum and school management.

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K12 group Globeducate buys second school in Cyprus

The PIE News

The group already owns PASCAL International Education schools on the island, which it acquired in 2022. The Cyprus-based school was established in 2003 by the Kritikos family, who also own higher education institute Global College, which is not part of this acquisition. It also has online programmes in 11 countries.

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National Opinion Polls on Affirmative Action: Inflaming an Issue that is Divisive Enough

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bakke case of 1978, the Supreme Court has been asked on several occasions to rule on the constitutionality of using race as one factor in higher education admissions. Bollinger decision in 2003. Since the Regents of the University of California v. Supreme Court must protect affirmative action.”