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New medical schools: the story so far

HEPI

In 2016, the then Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, promised that medical schools in England would be allowed to offer up to 1,500 extra training places a year with a view to making the NHS self-sufficient in doctors by 2025. Yet strict caps remain on the number of medical students that can be recruited. Number caps.

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Deep Internationalization & Infrastructure

GlobalHigherEd

Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore (a National University of Singapore/Duke University joint venture). Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore (a Nanyang Technological University/Imperial College London joint venture). Global Innovation Exchange in Seattle (a University of Washington/Tsinghua University joint venture).

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Georgia: int’ls double amid Ukraine crisis

The PIE News

The Study in Georgia initiative was set up in 2016. They mainly come to our medical school, but there are students in other faculties such as business, international relations, IT and psychology,” Shengelia told Belgium-based publication Equal Times.

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FTC Refunds $830K to Former Saint James Med School Students

Inside Higher Ed

percent pass rate and guaranteed that students would pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1. The students receiving payments from the FTC attended Saint James from fall 2016 to summer 2021. For example, a Saint James brochure touted a 96.77

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Laser focused: what are the benefits of single-subject institutions?

The PIE News

From art colleges to medical schools, specialised higher education institutions are nothing new. Kaplan International Colleges, London, 2016. However, Kaplan Pathways’ latest partner, The Engineering & Design Institute London takes this concept a step further, offering just one subject — Global Design Engineering.

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UK still looking to “expand and grow” international numbers

The PIE News

Previous exit checks in 2017 showed that 97% of international students left the UK after finishing their studies, while 2016 Home Office-commissioned analysis found only 1% of students overstayed their visas. “We’re investing in medical schools,” Keegan said.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Dr. Reyes previously served as West Virginia University’s Milan Puskar Dean of the John Chambers College of Business and Economics from 2016-2021, and vice president for StartUp West Virginia from 2018-2021.