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The Tories have sucked the joy from the education system. Here are three ways Labour can bring it back | Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - Higher Education

Keir Starmer should revitalise Sure Start, focus on children’s happiness – and give a crucial boost to further education Our writers and experts name the pledges Labour must include in its manifesto Children became unhappier in the past decade, according to the annual Good Childhood report. Nothing else. Continue reading.

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Healey commits $2.5 billion to modernizing Massachusetts’ public higher education campuses

University Business

Governor Maura Healey announced a bond bill that will be the largest proposed infrastructure investment in Massachusetts public higher education system in decades. billion to modernizing Massachusetts public higher education campuses appeared first on University Business. Read more at Boston.com. The post Healey commits $2.5

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The Danger of Homogenisation: Why specialist HEIs are crucial to the success of UK Higher Education and the Government’s priorities

HEPI

Today on the HEPI website, Annamaria Carusi challenges the common assumption that translational research is only relevant to STEM fields, making the case for a broader, more integrated approach that fully values the contributions of the arts and humanities. You can read that piece here.

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New funding models explored as UK HEIs “running out of road”

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Stakeholders in UK higher education are exploring a range of potential funding models for undergraduate education, against a backdrop of financial sustainability concerns, course cuts and redundancies for higher education institutions. “Higher education institutions across the UK are under financial strain.

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Ask not what you can do for engineering…

HEPI

To the age of 16, a pupil can pass through education blithely unaware that engineering exists, let alone what it entails. Thats quite an ask to make of a 15-year-old with no prior educational experience in engineering. Engineering is a UK powerhouse sector, growing in all UK regions and impacting all economic sectors.

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Going against the grain? Arts Based Research and the EdD: Resistance, activism and identity

SRHE

by Tim Clark and Tom Dobson There has been growing interest in the potential of arts-based research (ABR) methods to enrich educational inquiry ( Everley, 2021 ). These students span professional roles from early childhood through to higher education, and disciplines including the arts, business and science.

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Sabera Sayeed, TAIB Education Foundation

The PIE News

Each day, Im driven by the mission of the TAIB Education Foundation , knowing that my efforts are helping empower Afghan girls through education, offering them opportunities they otherwise might never have. Leading the TAIB Education Foundation; having a significant and long-term impact on the lives of Afghan girls.