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The Bombay Club 2.0: How valid are misgivings about branch campuses?

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The sheer number of international vice-chancellors touring the country illustrates the length of the queue at the University Grants Commission’s door. Just five years on from the New Education Policy (NEP) announcement , the rapid proliferation of global university brands in India is ramping up.

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Hits and misses in Budget 2024 for India’s education sector

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Foreign universities have extensive networks and collaborations with multinational corporations, startups, and industry leaders. Universities can actively engage with corporate partners to create internship pipelines.” Additionally, many international universities offer favourable payment options to accommodate students. “We

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Review of The Robbins Report at 60 (HEPI Policy Note 49) by Mike Shattock

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The Government had been alerted to the future funding dilemmas posed by the likely increase in the demand for student places in higher education by the Treasury through the University Grants Committee (UGC) and appointed Lord Robbins as a safe pair of hands (with a strong Treasury background as well as holding a leading university position).

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

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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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

Cambridge University has an Action Research on Research Culture project in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, Leiden University, Freie Universität Berlin and ETH Zurich, suggesting international reach towards defining such a culture. Research is a relative newcomer to the work of English universities.