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Weekend reading: Dismantling the marketisation of higher education

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We previously published a chapter by David Willetts , Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014. This chapter was authored by Chloe Field, Vice President Higher Education at the National Union of Students. Higher education is not just broken right now: it is heading into an existential crisis.

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Celebrating 10 years of higher education digital marketing insights

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We've been writing about higher education digital marketing since 2014. It's our birthday! Over the next few weeks, we'll take a look back at some insights into what trends stuck around and which didn't. Today, we're looking back at the 10 most popular articles of the decade!

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Gaps in sustainability literacy in non-STEM higher education programmes

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by Erika Kalocsányiová and Rania Hassan Promoting sustainability literacy in higher education is crucial for deepening students’ pro-environmental behaviour and mindset ( Buckler & Creech, 2014 ; UNESCO, 1997 ), while also fostering social transformation by embedding sustainability at the core of the student experience.

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Higher education in London

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I was given the Fellowship in honour of my work on higher education policy and the-then Chair of QM, Sir Nick Montagu, gave a very nice speech about my career to that date. We have grown since I took over in 2014 and the first stage in our growth was to expand by taking on a new Director of Policy.

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Our problem, not theirs: young white, working class males and higher education

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Seven years later, in 2014, a national UCU survey of young people’s perceptions of post-18 education revealed that young men from lower socio-economic backgrounds were less likely to state an intention to progress than their more affluent peers, or women from the same background as them.

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Weekend Reading: Fixing higher education funding should start with student loans

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We previously published chapters by David Willetts , Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014, Chloe Field , Vice President for Higher Education at the National Union of Students , and Jo Johnson , former Minister of State for Universities and Science (2015). Nevertheless, we must have a voice.

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How Colleges Leverage Data to Retain Students as the Enrollment Cliff Looms

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Student performance has always been a key indicator of higher education institutions’ success. In 2014, the Florida Board of Governors, the governing body for all of the state’s public universities, adopted changes to the system for funding higher education. In response, FIU’s leadership committed…

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