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More financial assistance sought in Indian budget

The PIE News

. “The emphasis on quality education through PM Schools for Rising India and the Skill India Mission’s success in training 14 million youth underscore India’s commitment to preparing its students for global opportunities,” stated Manisha Zaveri, joint managing director, Career Mosaic. last year to Rs2.5m

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What happened the last time Labour wrestled with equality versus excellence in education?

HEPI

It’s taken me almost 20 years but, over the summer, I eventually got around to reading a book I’ve been wanting to read on higher education policy since I started working in the area over 15 years ago: University to Uni – The Politics of Higher Education since 1944 by Robert Stevens.

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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

Inside Higher Ed

The criteria, which were expected to be finalized later this month following consultation, clarify the rules for international universities setting up Indian campuses, a shift first announced in the 2020 National Education Policy (NEP). “Academic autonomy has been and is a major concern at the moment,” he said.

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Higher education policymaking in the UK before HEPI

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for the HEPI 20th Anniversary Collection by Roger Brown, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Policy and former Vice-Chancellor of Southampton Solent University. In July and August, we are running chapters from the Anniversary Collection as a blog series.

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Teaching and research? Yes, but universities have another important job

SRHE

In most authoritarian states, universities and colleges do not seem to carry the same weight as the judiciary: they are apparently mostly left to get on with their work in peace, providing, naturally, that they don’t cause trouble for the regime.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

The latter source grew steadily more important and in 1919 the Treasury established a University Grants Committee (UGC) to rationalise government grants which in the 1920s and 1930s rose to around 30% of individual universities’ expenditure. If we want to provide a mechanism for ‘levelling up’ this is an ideal model.

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India’s education sector braces for change as Modi wins third term

The PIE News

alliance gaining 232 seats , could lead to a more balanced approach towards education policies on the domestic and international front, according to stakeholders. “A A balanced parliament can foster bipartisan support for comprehensive reforms, focusing on enhancing quality, accessibility, and innovation in higher education.