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The lie of the land in higher education policy as the 2022/23 academic year draws to a close – By Nick Hillman

HEPI

I started my remarks then by noting the level of flux in higher education policy. But given we have had another three in the past year alone, along with five Secretaries of State for Education and three Prime Ministers, the period when I last spoke to you has retrospectively come to resemble a time of remarkable stability and calmness.

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Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be

SRHE

References Fukuyama, F (1995) Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity London: Hamish Hamilton Putnam, R (2000) Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Shattock, M (2010) Managing Successful Universities (2nd ed.)

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All Michigan Public Schools Will Be Required to Collect Specific Tribal Affiliation Data

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The data collected will allow for a more accurate accounting of the Indigenous student population and give the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and the state's 12 federally recognized tribes a chance to see Native American student achievements and graduation rates. had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.

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‘Art makes a person broader’: what sculptor Ruth Asawa knew that Rishi Sunak doesn’t

The Guardian - Higher Education

Asawa is also remembered as one of the foremost educators in the San Francisco region, having founded the city’s first public arts high school in 1982 – renamed Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 2010.

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10 ways for Labour to fill the HE policy vacuum

HEPI

At a recent HEPI Partners’ dinner, Sir Anthony Seldon cited his new book coauthored with Tom Egerton ‘The Conservative Effect 2010-2014 – 14 Wasted Years?’ He provided some thoughts on what in higher education had changed for better or worse during this period. He writes here in a personal capacity.

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Gaps in sustainability literacy in non-STEM higher education programmes

SRHE

In 2022, our group received an SRHE Scoping Award to synthesise the literature on the development, teaching, and assessment of sustainability literacy in non-STEM higher education programmes. Out of 6,161 articles that we identified as potentially relevant, 92 studies met the inclusion criteria and are reviewed in the report.

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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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