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

The PIE News

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. Previously she worked as Director of Public Affairs at the University of Sheffield. Gathering that evidence became a bigger project.

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

HEPI

For all the recent undermining of autonomy, universities are largely still charities and have a long-term commitment to educational purpose at their core. They want to use knowledge for public benefit, to individuals and society. Funding, policy, recruitment and rankings are all part of the how , but they aren’t the why.

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

SRHE

However, the findings from these two small studies suggest that if we are to widen access in the transformative way that the Office for Students , as the HE regulator for England, has alluded to, then perhaps the sector needs to respond to what those it seeks to recruit want, rather than expect students to be the ones having to adapt.