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Further education colleges in England face losing financial independence

The Guardian - Higher Education

Government likely to treat FE sector as ‘big schools’, removing autonomy over borrowing and investment Further education (FE) colleges are likely to be treated as “big schools” by the government and lose critical financial independence, after a ruling reclassified colleges in England as part of central government.

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Labour’s education policy is brave, but can they fund it?

HEPI

Labour’s thinking about higher education is set in the context of “pathways to good prospects for all” In terms of sheer word count, further education, and technical and vocational pathways attract more text than anything on higher education, and that’s not a bad thing. appeared first on HEPI.

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University autonomy and government control by funding

SRHE

‘Universities must do more to raise their impact beyond their gates’, Phillipson said, so as ‘to drive the growth that this country sorely needs’ including by ‘joining with Skills England, employers and partners in further education to deliver the skills that people and businesses need’.

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Australian TNE looks to India as countries recognise qualifications

The PIE News

With a total 70,000 Indian students currently studying in Australia, the country is the largest overseas market for Australia’s independent tertiary education providers, ITECA noted. The UA/ AIU MoU will lead to increased student and faculty exchange, dual and joint degrees, twinning programs and research collaborations, Mittal continued.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

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. Research versus evaluation activities.’

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The Polytechnics legacy – continuing to break down the academic/vocational divide in the twenty-first century

SRHE

by Kat Emms For two years Edge Foundation has been drawing together lessons from past education policies. 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.

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30 years on: what do polytechnics teach us about transcending the vocational/ academic divide in today’s higher education landscape?

HEPI

The first 30 polytechnics were the result of two higher education policies launched by the Labour Government that came to power in 1964. These policies emerged from an ever-increasing demand for vocational, professional and industry-based expertise. In 1979, funds for advanced further education were capped.