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In response to recent data showing a worrying financial outlook for highereducation institutions, Professor David Maguire, Vice-Chancellor at the University of East Anglia (UEA), and Dr Alex Bols, Chief of Staff at UEA, argue more Government action is needed to make the sector financially sustainable.
The highereducation sector across EMEA has weathered much change in recent times and is still navigating a period of transformation. For a deeper dive into this, you can explore D2Ls full blog. It is now used more and more in universities but educators concerns about the potential for cheating remain.
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Key Takeaways: Personalized, timely, and relevant communication is key to engaging prospective students and meeting enrollment goals in highereducation. Manual processes, such as college fair follow-ups that sit unprocessed for long periods, can derail engagement. Ready to elevate your communication strategies?
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Key Takeaways: Community colleges play a vital role in addressing enrollment barriers, offering tailored support to first-generation and working students. Community colleges are uniquely positioned to open doors for these students who might otherwise never step foot into highereducation.
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This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Yike Guo. Professor Guo spent 34 years at Imperial College London studying AI, data mining, machine learning, and large-scale data management before becoming Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2022.
This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Janet Ilieva, Founder and Director at Education Insight, and Vangelis Tsiligiris, an Associate Professor at the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University. Implications In 2021/22, almost one in four students in UK highereducation was international.
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At HigherEducation Marketing, weve spent years refining our approach to online student recruitment, and were excited to share ten proven strategies that can take your recruitment efforts from awareness to enrollment this year. In 2025, brochures and campus visits alone are no longer enough.
This blog responding to the Government’s new ‘crack down on rogue highereducation operators ‘ has been kindly written for HEPI by the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University, Professor Nick Braisby. Please email admin@hepi.ac.uk if you are interested.
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