The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The IFS’s annual look at education spending reveals that further education and sixth form colleges could experience particular hardship, with rising numbers of students after steep cuts in funding until 2019, which have only been partially reversed by the government. Continue reading.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Vice-chancellors say universities ‘essential to economic growth’ and that maintenance grants should be restored Ministers should aim for 70% of young people to continue their education after leaving school by 2040, while tuition fees in England should be increased, according to the leaders of UK’s universities.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

by Sir Adrian Webb The publication on 13 September 2023 of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report on the Office for Students drew attention to the financial challenges facing universities in the UK and to the challenges associated with regulating and overseeing these risks.

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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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The PIE News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The committee recommended “that the bill be amended to remove the ability for the Minister to set course-level limits for Table A and B universities and TAFE providers” So the question is, which institutions are in the list? This means that course-level caps will still be applied to private colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. Saleema is one of more than 126,000 students, including nearly 17,000 refugees, studying at this tuition-free, nonprofit online university with an all-volunteer faculty.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 29, 2023

In this blog, we highlight the important role that Alternative Providers of Higher Education (‘Alternative Providers’ or ‘APs’) can play as partners to traditional universities. APs, via their ‘franchise’ model, can provide an attractive source of income without placing additional strain on university resources.

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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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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

A subcontractual partnership is when a lead provider – for example, a university – uses a third-party provider to deliver all or part of a course on its behalf. In line with the growing number of students taught in subcontractual partnership courses, the UK ‘s education watchdog the OfS is casting a beady eye over these deals.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Scottish government has released its first comprehensive International Education Strategy, promising plans to attract more staff and activity to promote universities and colleges internationally. “Scotland already has more top universities per head of population than any other country in the world,” Dey said.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. The Commons debated ‘Higher Education’ on 28 November 2012. This piece is the second part of two on the topic of institutional autonomy. It remains important.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rejections from the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) were coming thick and fast. I spent nearly 40 years working in further education colleges and Birkbeck was my role model for second-chance learners. From 1980, I was developing access courses to break down the barriers for adults to get to university.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 30, 2024

As well as rejoining the scheme, Erasmus+ funding should be reinstated to further education colleges and community organisations. The Conservative government said it would raise immigration fees – including for international students – to fund public sector pay rises last year.

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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. Anon (2022) ‘Research Guidance Note 9.

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The PIE News

MAY 29, 2023

An ongoing marking boycott could prevent international students from staying in the UK once they graduate, a leading university has warned. The university has not clarified this with students. “I’m I’m kind of angry,” she said, adding that she supported the strikes and felt the university should do more to resolve them.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The burden of student loan debt limits future finances of graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). As such, college education is not fulfilling the promise of being a great equalizer and closing wealth gaps, according to a recent report.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This blog was kindly contributed by Liz Shutt, now Programme Director for the new Insights North East initiative at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities. Until recently Liz was Director of Policy for both the University of Lincoln and the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership. A systems approach to the civic university.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Those whose views were sought came from a further education college (FEC) located in the East Midlands. Yet, their HE progression rates are typically lower than those reported by schools and sixth form colleges ( GOV.UK, 2023 ). The second set of drivers related to ‘the experience’ a university education would offer.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

She has a BA in Classics and Economics from Brown University and an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford. What is the purpose of a university education? A liberal arts education is what a society — a civilisation — ought to champion. Here, she writes about US liberal arts degrees.

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The PIE News

MAY 7, 2023

But, after the Scottish government reversed a decision to allocate £46m to colleges and universities “without warning” on May 3, there is pressure on the government – and its new leader Humza Yousaf – to release a plan on how it plans to fund higher education in Scotland.

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HEPI

MAY 17, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly contributed by Anthony McClaran , GuildHE Chair and Vice-Chancellor of St Mary’s University, Twickenham. Many universities have been at the forefront of climate research and addressing climate change over many decades and I am proud of the role that GuildHE and its members have played in addressing these issues.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Robocolleges prioritize profit over pedagogy, churning out ambitious and busy working-class professionals in fields like education, medicine, and business and hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt. The Robocollege Model Robocolleges are characterized by their reliance on technology to deliver education at scale.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Global education provider Navitas has expanded its offer in Germany with a new partnership with private provider, SRH Universities Germany. The new SRH International College will be based at SRH University campus in Heidelberg. The college will begin welcoming its first international students from October next year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2024

The intersectionality of race and gender cannot be ignored when assessing how college onboarding forces assimilation, stripping Black men of their identity to ensure they are more palpable to society at large. Everything from culture to appearance informs mode of presentation, acceptance, and likelihood of impact.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This blog has been kindly written by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer of London Higher, the representative body for more than 40 universities and higher education colleges across the capital. She writes here in a personal capacity, and you can follow Diana on Twitter @dianajbeech.

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QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

AUGUST 8, 2022

This year, the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education awards , an annual competition to reward innovation in higher education, will play host to a new category of awards: Values. . In an increasingly globally-connected world, international diversity in higher education helps increase awareness of what’s happening in other locations. .

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The PIE News

JANUARY 31, 2024

It is a major study destination with four universities and several colleges within the city limits. A graduate of the University of Leeds, Abigail Marshall-Katung came to the UK to study politics in the year 2000. At that point in time, I knew going for further education in the UK was just something I needed to do.”

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. While the current educational landscape for incarcerated students may be sparse, this wasn’t always the case.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 5, 2023

by Michael Shattock From decentralised to centralised Until 1919 UK universities, except Oxbridge and Durham, were primarily civic institutions created by wealthy citizens and governed by councils strongly represented by the founders and by local authorities and the local industrial community.

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The PIE News

JULY 3, 2023

“International K-12 schools are vital for UK universities seeking to enhance academic quality, preparedness, and diversity in their international undergraduate recruitment. A gradual increase in the proportion of such undergraduate applicants signals the importance of engaging with international schools abroad, the report highlighted.

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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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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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SRHE

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

by Neil Raven Much attention is now directed towards the role of evaluation in efforts to widening higher education participation. These include young men from white, working class backgrounds, along with those taking vocational (applied general) courses and studying in further education colleges.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This blog was kindly contributed by Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President at TechnologyOne Universities are in a difficult spot. Demand for higher education is high, with more and more young people seeing the value of a university education, which is obviously great news for the sector. The findings were rather sobering.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2023

As Americans’ perception of higher education continues to slide , research is showing that the youngest are the most skeptical. colleges, 14 points lower than the rate of Baby Boomers. It’s just so expensive to go to college,” she said. “A The survey showed that Gen Z wants blend to school and work.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This blog was contributed by Professor Antony Moss, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor, Education and Student Experience, London South Bank University, and Chair, London Uni Connect. How best to encourage members of under-represented groups to apply to university’ , HEPI blog, 23 September 2022. Get our updates via email.

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