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Turing funding timeline in UK causing participants to drop out

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The research found that less than half of higher education participants – 45% – felt the funding provided by Turing covered at least half of their costs on placement. This figure was higher for further education and vocational education and training participants at 86%.

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New Law Institute Elevates Tribal Sovereignty Education

Insight Into Diversity

“We are going to be the only kind of institute in the state and region that is really focusing on tribal sovereignty issues, as well as a place for research and support for sovereignty,” Jennifer Stevenson, JD, assistant dean at OCU School of Law, said in a statement announcing the institute.

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Scholar Looks to Ease the Burden of Racial Opportunity Costs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

before she became a full professor and a dean, before she published the book that sums up her life's work and her life experience, Terah Venzant Chambers was shaking in a pew. Before she earned a masters and a Ph.D., And, as in Chambers ’ case, it can cause them to leave institutions entirely. I was done with school.

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Bank Holiday Reading: Higher Education and the green workforce transformation

HEPI

Universities should be included, alongside schools and further education colleges, in discussions about tackling issues with the supply of green skills into the workforce. Additionally, all levels of education need to work together to address the lack of awareness and misconceptions about green jobs.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

She both struggled to pay her loans and felt limited in her ability to advance her career without further education. She was drawn to UoPeople because of its affordability and prospects for career advancement. Now, she is finishing her last course toward an M.B.A.

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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

SRHE

One might also include the constitutional powers of the vice-chancellor, pro-vice-chancellors, deans and heads of departments. This is reinforced by the practice in both pre-1992 and HEC universities of appointing senior academic officers, pro-vice-chancellors and deans, from outside the institution rather than through internal promotion.

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Regional higher education partnerships: the Oxford to Cambridge ARC

HEPI

Lincoln University is stated to be working with further education and the NHS to help address local healthcare workforce needs. The Warwick Manufacturing Group in the 1990s and the Birmingham Innovation Quarter are mentioned as examples. This threw local interests far wider.