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Level 7 Apprenticeships: Babies and Bathwater

HEPI

After all, they might argue, businesses dont exist to do the governments job of workforce planning or social engineering. One such document in 2015 laid out the Cameron Governments reform of English apprenticeships which heralded the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in 2017.

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France expects to house 10k Indian students this year

The PIE News

École Polytechnique, one of the top French institutions for science and engineering, signed agreements with two major Indian Institutes of Technology: IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. When we ask for certain documents, students have many questions about them. We are mandating certain documents because we need a complete student file.”

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France expects to house 10k Indian students this year

The PIE News

École Polytechnique, one of the top French institutions for science and engineering, signed agreements with two major Indian Institutes of Technology: IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. When we ask for certain documents, students have many questions about them. We are mandating certain documents because we need a complete student file.”

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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering. That began my pathway forward and my love of engineering.”

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Canadian associations welcome collaboration with new Prime Minister

The PIE News

Moreover, according to a CIC News report , Carney’s policy aims to address Canadas housing crisis by capping immigration until it can be returned to its sustainable pre-pandemic trend, as stated in policy documents released in February 2025.

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Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.: Pioneering Theoretical Physicist Bridges Mathematical Worlds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I also love how hes able to connect ideas from different areas in unexpected and nontrivial ways, says Cianciara, now a senior financial engineer at a firm on the East Coast. Aleksander Cianciara, a former graduate student of Gates during his time at Brown University from 2017 to 2022. It was clear he was having fun.

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STEM Accreditor Drops DEIA From Its Standards

Inside Higher Ed

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology has dropped diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility from its accreditation criteria and supporting documents, a move made in response to federal pushback on DEIA, according to an email obtained by Inside Higher Ed.