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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

The AIHC was launched by Kent Smith in 2017. The pair developed JUMP-Start, Journey for Underrepresented Students in Medicine Program, a free, student-organized and executed conference for undergraduates from marginalized groups who have an interest in attending medical school but may not have access to the necessary resources to succeed.

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HE has “unique” civil discourse potential

The PIE News

The diverse backgrounds and perspectives on university and college campuses around the world allow them a “unique potential to facilitate civil discourse and find common ground across ideological lines”, a leading higher education leader from the US has said at the UPP Foundation 2023 Lecture.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. This parallels the concept of pre-courses, which serve as innovative ingredients and preparatory tools in the educational kitchen.

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UK still looking to “expand and grow” international numbers

The PIE News

Analysis by Times Higher Education has found that two-thirds of English universities are failing to meet outcomes benchmarks introduced by the Office for Students on October 3 in every subject. Expanding the breadth of countries to recruit international students also remains a priority, she suggested.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

It is palpably evident that centralisation under an Office for Students (established as primarily a Regulator but replacing the UGC and its successor body, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)) is running out of road. Policy had become centralised although institutional autonomy was pledged to be preserved.

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Lessons learned from the front lines of medical TNE

The PIE News

In 2017, when GEMS first started the co-development of the new British International University (BIU) in the Kurdish region of Iraq, it was crystal clear that the major attraction of a British TNE offering would have to include medical education. GEMS went into the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2017 with all of this in mind.

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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

Someone who can speak out effectively on behalf of higher education? Aoun, Michael Crow, Mitch Daniels, Paul LeBlanc, Michael Sorrell and Scott Pulsipher, who have certainly left an indelible imprint on their institutions and on the higher education landscape, or those, like Bill Powers and Teresa A. Why is this the case?