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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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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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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

Someone who can speak out effectively on behalf of higher education? Weinberg, who transformed their institutions to much deserved acclaim, or the current or recent crop of higher ed innovators who are much in the news, like Joseph E. Not impossible (think of Michael Sorrell), but exceedingly difficult. Why is this the case?

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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. “We’re investing in medical schools,” Keegan said.

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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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Can a ‘degree’ hold its value?

HEPI

Her article explores the evolving value of degrees in English higher education, focusing on the competence of degree-granting institutions and the implications of recent changes in degree-awarding powers. The London Medical Schools were clamouring for that right for themselves.)

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