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ELT schools “won’t be affected” by VAT policy

The PIE News

The association’s public affairs team helped send a letter to the office of Sir Keir Starmer asking for ELT schools not to be included with private schools in the introduction of VAT fees. Labour’s policy would charge VAT on fees for registered independent schools. The team confirmed they received a reply in recent days.

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Lunchtime Reading: Communicating the value of higher education to government in a new political era

HEPI

With it, something else begins — the long hard work of government shaped by morning-after fiscal realities, an inheritance of policy decisions that went before and brooding geopolitical weather systems which pay little heed to the triumphs and disasters of national political campaigns. It’s been a long wait. No contest. That’s revealing.

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Sewell Named Next President at Morris College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sewell serves as president and managing partner of The Empowerment Group, a consulting firm that provides educational services to a broad network of higher educational institutions. He also serves as director/chief academic, research and student affairs officer to the Atlanta University Center Consortium Inc.

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Delivering civic value to communities – the impact of UK universities’ social science research

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr. Ed Bridges , Head of Policy & Public Affairs at the Academy of Social Sciences. Each has compelling examples of local, civic impact which are making communities better, reducing inequalities, delivering value for money and serving governments well in their policy agendas.

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OLIVIA LAPEYROLERIE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Olivia Lapeyrolerie Olivia Lapeyrolerie has been appointed chief communications officer at the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research. Lapeyrolerie previously served as vice president at the public affairs and political consulting firm SKDK.

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Muhammad Leaves Harvard, Accepts Tenured Post at Princeton

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad Muhammad is the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Muhammad is expected to begin his appointment as Professor of African American Studies and Public Affairs at Princeton in January 2025.

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Why it’s always time to speak up for international students

The PIE News

We needed to stand up to policy debates and the ethos that underpinned them. International students were and are deeply involved in their communities for good, and home students felt their education and lives enriched by connections with peers from around the world. Gathering that evidence became a bigger project. Want to level up?

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