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Second-generation student borrowers

SRHE

In Europe, family contributions make up nearly half of students income ( Hauschildt et al , 2018 ). By researching this new generation of student borrowers and their parents, we can better assess their financial dilemmas and the support they need, providing further evidence to design future-proof equitable student funding policies.

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Abolish GCSEs, put people’s IQs on their credit cards and ban the Harvard Women’s Rugby Team? What we were reading about education in 2024

HEPI

Ending the absurdity of current practice Exam Nation by Sammy Wright Exam Nation: why our obsession with grades fails everyone and a better way to think about school by Sammy Wright recounts a journey through the system of compulsory education. What we were reading about education in 2024 appeared first on HEPI. Merry Christmas!

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Netherlands: a third of international grads stay to work

The PIE News

Some 32% of international students who graduated in the 2018/2019 academic year were in employment in the Netherlands one year later, the data showed. Three in ten international students stay in the Netherlands to work after graduating, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics shows.

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Aligning quality for all the world to see

HEPI

The previous edition was published in 2018. It articulates the principles of UK higher education for securing academic standards and assuring and enhancing quality. This new edition looks very different from the 2018 iteration, which was produced under very different conditions to address very different sectoral contexts.

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Study Explores the Students Who Start, But Never Finish, the Common App

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“These folks have clearly shown some interest in college-going,” said Dr. Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “If million high school students who started the Common App during the 2018-19 application cycle, the last one unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Africa meets Europe

The PIE News

The group also influences European educational policy and develops best practice through mutual exchange of experience. in 2018) of scientific publications globally. Despite forming one-tenth of the world adult population, Central, East, Southern and West Africa contribute to a tiny fraction (just 1.6%

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International students in Japan almost at pre-pandemic levels

The PIE News

Japan met its previous goal of 300,000 international students ahead of schedule in 2018 but numbers were slow to recover since Japan kept its borders closed for one of the longest periods of any countries during the pandemic.