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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet its uncommon to find college basic needs advocates calling for reforms. There are more than 400 Higher Education in Prison programs throughout the country, and that is good news since students who participate in college while incarcerated are 48% less likely to return to prison after release compared to their peers.

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What I wish every Minister and MP would see …

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer of London Higher, the representative body for more than 40 universities and higher education colleges across the capital. She writes here in a personal capacity, and you can follow Diana on Twitter @dianajbeech.

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UK students forced to wait until last minute for Turing funds

The PIE News

“The way that funding is allocated doesn’t really take into context the way mobility works at the ground level,” said Rohan McCarthy-Gill, head of global mobility at the University of Sussex and chair of the British Universities Transnational Exchange group. The situation is therefore quite varied from institution to institution.”

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The Lifelong Learning Entitlement could still be a game changer for higher education

HEPI

GuildHE has been a long-time advocate for credit-based funding and I have been co-chairing the DfE Higher Education working group, together with Universities UK. Some opportunities, some challenges A key issue providers may come across is how to build in and think about student support.

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Regional higher education partnerships: the Oxford to Cambridge ARC

HEPI

By Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. With Oxford and Cambridge as its book-ends, the ARC includes Cranfield University, the University of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire New University, and the Open University, all clustered in or near Milton Keynes.[1]

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Beverly Sand obituary

The Guardian - Higher Education

My wife, Beverly Sand, who has died aged 76, will be remembered as a committed and fiercely intelligent advocate for widening access to learning opportunities for those failed by their earlier experiences of the education system.

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UofG’s Rachel Sandison named Scotland’s intled envoy

The PIE News

Sandison, deputy vice-chancellor (external engagement) and vice-principal (external relations) at the University of Glasgow has been appointed the Scottish government’s trade and investment envoy for international education. “The Scottish education sector has a history of both tradition and innovation.