Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college. That may change—or not—depending on the outcome of UoPeople’s bid for accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), whose decision is expected this month. It’s a delicate balance.”

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Robocollege Model Robocolleges are characterized by their reliance on technology to deliver education at scale. Consequences of Student Debt on Roboworkers: Delayed Major Life Milestones: Student debt can delay major life milestones such as buying a home, starting a family, or pursuing further education.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This is a particular challenge for newer institutions, such as further education colleges that deliver higher education. Moving away from ageing legacy systems onto a modern technology platform can be part of the answer. Members of the GuildHE group have seen their student-staff ratio double, from 8.3

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HEPI

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This considered the demographic realities of applications to university, college, and apprenticeships – and what it meant for the system and our economy. However, it can hardly be called ‘the norm’, sadly, with adult education still overlooked in the policy debate. million adult further education students.

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HEPI

APRIL 7, 2025

Many of these headwinds were experienced by further education (FE) colleges not that long ago, and many would agree these have not vanished completely. Is it time for higher education (HE) to follow suit? Is it inevitable that HE will do so, though perhaps not on the scale seen in the Area Review process?

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 16, 2024

By prioritizing equity, the program seeks to ensure that more students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, can achieve credentials that lead to economic success and further educational opportunities.

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HEPI

AUGUST 31, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Alice Wilby , Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Access, Participation and Student Experience) at University College Birmingham. There are many FE colleges on the OfS register, with many more delivering HE through franchise arrangements and Institutes of Technology.

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HEPI

MARCH 24, 2025

Post-16 education in England is at a pivotal moment, with increasing efforts to create a more integrated and collaborative system. While elements of competition remain, the reintegration of the sector into the Department for Education presents new opportunities for colleges and universities to enhance their contributions to local communities.

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The PIE News

APRIL 14, 2023

XEquals utilises its technology to integrate student CRMs and institutions’ digital marketing channels to create a “connected picture” of recruitment funnels. A new student conversion platform has launched in the US promising to be a “game-changer” in helping institutions reach their enrolment goals.

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HEPI

MAY 27, 2024

Furthermore, a wide range of emerging higher education programmes focus on areas directly relevant to the green workforce transformation. For example, Universities are introducing programmes in net zero engineering, carbon management and renewable energy technologies.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Nevertheless, we know that most young people interact with education settings at least until the age of 18, meaning that higher and further education settings can be primary actors in driving change. This is either because EYP do not have the technology, stability at home or mental wellness to truly engage.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The polytechnics were designated in the 1960s as new institutions formed from existing technical and other colleges within the English further education system, and with one in Wales. In the 1960s Britain was facing an increase in demand for higher education and these new institutions would help meet this demand.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In both instances, the principal aim was to understand better the challenges to HE progression faced by those on advanced level applied and professional courses (including BTECs) at a Midlands based further education (FE) college. The follow-up focused on two further subject areas. Research versus evaluation activities.’

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many of these students’ college experiences already have been impacted by COVID-19, and this new disruption is especially challenging due to the internal nature of the conflict and the lack of clear guidance about how to proceed. ” The parent continued, “I just want to say, these are the wrong kids to do this to.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Alternative Providers are described by HESA as higher education providers who do not receive recurrent funding from the Office for Students (previously HEFCE) or another public body and who are not further education colleges. APs are able to operate profitably due in large part to smaller, more ‘targeted’ cost bases.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 12, 2024

Use technology for insights into student needs and preferences. Integration of Technology: Seamlessly incorporates technological tools to enhance advising processes. Long-Term Success Supporting students throughout their college journey and beyond. Involve students in the advising process for empowerment.

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HEPI

JULY 23, 2024

King’s College London gained its royal charter in 1829, but that did not include powers for it to grant degrees. University College London sought a royal charter in 1830, at first unsuccessfully, with the right to award degrees proving controversial. It needed expressly to be given to them. The scene and the expectations have changed.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 20, 2023

This is where Student Success in Higher Education peeps in. An Inside Higher Ed survey report on student success says that only 55% of college-going students receive support for degree completion. What is Student Success in higher education? Embrace Technology Leverage technology to enhance student learning and engagement.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

OCTOBER 23, 2024

However, with advancements in technology, the landscape has shifted significantly. Example: The University College London regularly posts slides of YouTube videos such as the one shown below on its homepage. More schools are entering the competition, making it harder to stand out.

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HEPI

JULY 24, 2023

Labour’s thinking about higher education is set in the context of “pathways to good prospects for all” In terms of sheer word count, further education, and technical and vocational pathways attract more text than anything on higher education, and that’s not a bad thing.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 12, 2024

1] Similar desiderata are explored in a recent Report of the Higher Education Policy Institute on the future of the Oxford to Cambridge Arc in the context of the regional working together of the other local universities. The closure of a direct railway line a generation ago is to be reconsidered. 1) and Cambridges Statute B, II, 2.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It concluded that to ‘confer degree-giving powers on all the existing’ Further Education Colleges ‘would be inappropriate because of the number involved, the variation in their sizes and the diversity of standards’.

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HEPI

AUGUST 25, 2023

Additionally, and as Ellen Hazelkorn describes, the nexus of Brexit and ‘Global Britain’ have had profound effects on the sector (again for good or bad) and others which are slightly under the radar (for example, at least in England, the separation of further education and higher education as Andrea Laczik and Josh Patel describe).

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HEPI

MARCH 5, 2023

These courses are skills-based, largely provided by Independent Training Providers (ITPs) and Further Education Colleges (FECs) across England, and include courses such as Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care. Repayment terms are identical to higher education undergraduate student loans. Students can borrow up to £11,356.37.

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QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, the birth rate of an area reveals the number of residents of college age – in other words, what is the market size and where are they living? School data is also useful, such as pass rate and grade rates, as universities can work with certain schools to create a clear path to higher education. .

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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

In all this lay the beginnings of an academic ‘research culture’, though well into the twentieth century the Fellows of Colleges did not usually have – or seek – doctorates. Vacancies’ for academic jobs commonly express a preference for a candidate to have a postgraduate degree but do not require it.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Cost of College: Rising tuition fees along with readily available loans fueled the debt crisis, as students borrowed more to cope with increasing costs. Cost Explosion and Predatory Lending (1990s-2000s): College costs skyrocketed due to various factors, including decreased state funding and increased administrative spending.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The event was introduced by the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Adult Education, Margaret Greenwood MP, who said that a gender pay gap and class ceiling in many sectors for disadvantaged women had been exacerbated by Covid, its aftermath and cost-of-living crisis – and this event was timely. Women accounted to just 6.7

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HESA

APRIL 20, 2023

Today we are talking all things Irish higher education, and joining us as our expert guide to the terrain is Ellen Hazelkorn, principal at BH Associates, a Higher Education consultancy in Ireland, a Professor Emerita at the Technological University of Dublin and one of the sharpest all-around minds in European higher education.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Formed between 1969 and 1973, England’s polytechnics offered higher education courses in vocational areas. Created through mergers of colleges of technology, art, commerce and other specialist institutions, they offered full-time, sandwich and part-time courses. In 1979, funds for advanced further education were capped.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A week on from the Labour Government’s first Budget, it is clear that its first 100 days have left universities, further education colleges, and apprenticeship providers in England in a state of uncomfortable anticipation.

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Education Further Education Policy Educational Systems 96

Liaison International

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Key Takeaways: Community colleges need to adopt student-centered enrollment and recruitment strategies to meet the expectations of modern students and improve retention. The higher education landscape is changing rapidly, particularly for community colleges.

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HEPI

JANUARY 6, 2025

It would explain and articulate the differences in learning, teaching and assessment approaches across the array of secondary and further education qualifications that are available and used as progression qualifications into higher education. For example, A-Levels are mainly taught in schools and assessed by end-of-year exams.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

She called for ‘tough decisions to restore stability to higher education, to fix the foundations and to deliver change’ with a key role for Government. Friend the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on precisely those questions. ” Those made separately for their Colleges.

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