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How to stand out when recruiting stopped-out learners

University Business

A 2023 rule from the Department of Education effectively banned institutions from withholding transcripts from students wishing to transfer elsewhere, but students are still prohibited from returning to their original institution due to registration holds. GPA or higher.

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Alabama State Launches Women’s Flag Football

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alabama State University’s Department of Athletics has announced its plans to launch a competitive women's flag football program in the 2024-25 academic year. The program will be the first at a Division 1 historically Black college or university, according to officials.

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The ongoing saga of REF 2028: why doesn’t teaching count for impact?

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The initial decisions on REF 2028 (REF 2028/23/01 from Research England et al ), based on the report on FRAP – the Future Research Assessment Programme – contain one surprise and one non-surprise among nearly 40 decisions. by Ian McNay Surprise, surprise…or not. I will not be doing it, but I hope some of you will.

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Unite earnings grow 13% to reach £184.3m

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” An 8% reduction in the number of HMOs in England since 2021, according to the Department for Levelling Up, is equivalent to between 100,000-150,000 fewer beds available for students to rent. Together the partners will develop 2,000 beds at a site in the city for delivery in 2027 and 2028.

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These 2 colleges avoided closings in March by merger, acquisition

University Business

” Rosemont students who graduate by 2028 will still receive a Rosemont degree. It will slowly absorb its administrative support operations over the next year, pending review by their shared accreditation body and the Department of Education. Cornish College of the Arts (Wash.)

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Walter 'Ted' Carter Jr. Named President of OSU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johnson, who led OSU since 2020 and departed under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Carter will face headwinds as OSU’s leader, including lawsuits from the survivors of sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, who was a physician in the athletic department between 1978 and 1998. It will last through the end of 2028.

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WEEKEND READING: Red tape prioritised over student hardship – by Dr Tim Bradshaw (CEO of the Russell Group)

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What’s brought this into focus are two announcements from the Department for Education, one about the rate of uplift to undergraduate student maintenance loans and the other via a mini consultation with sector leads on proposals to increase the fees that the Office for Students (OfS) can charge universities. million to just under £29.3

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