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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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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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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. Its closest correspondent is the Design & Technology GCSE. Thats quite an ask to make of a 15-year-old with no prior educational experience in engineering.

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Here are 4 ways curriculum must evolve for a 21st-century breakthrough

University Business

That was the dominating discussion among three higher education leaders at the cutting edge of academic and research innovation when speaking about the future of the sector in an inaugural webinar hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies.

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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.

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Nonprofit Group Offers to Renovate and Build Charter Schools in Philly

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

String Theory Schools (STS), an education management nonprofit group, is looking to help Philadelphia’s educational system through a $1 billion offer to fix up the city’s schools and build new ones. So you can come and study anything from instrumental music to vocal music to fine arts or digital arts to robotics.

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Non-Profit Offers to Renovate and Build Chapter Schools in Philly

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

String Theory Schools (STS), an education management non-profit, is looking to help Philadelphia’s educational system through a $1 billion offer to fix up the city’s schools and build new ones. So you can come and study anything from instrumental music to vocal music to fine arts or digital arts to robotics.