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Ask not what you can do for engineering…

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Engineering is a UK powerhouse sector, growing in all UK regions and impacting all economic sectors. Engineers design, build and maintain the infrastructure, products and services that our economy and society depend on, provide life-saving medical devices, and are the drivers in our transition to a more sustainable world.

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In defence of international education 

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And yet my first act after I arrived home was to defend to a BBC investigative journalist the journey of people just like me who had travelled halfway across the world to spend their family’s money in that most precious of investments, a global education. Our students become engineers and doctors, business leaders and lawyers.

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2025 and beyond: The road ahead for Australian universities

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2024 was the year Australia doubled down on its ambition to create a stronger, fairer, and more future-ready higher education system as it works to implement recommendations laid out in the Universities Accord. By 2050, universities must double the number of domestic students they educate annually from 900,000 today to 1.8

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Did Egalitarians Wreck the British Education System? – Review of ‘A Revolution Betrayed’ by Peter Hitchens

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Review of Peter Hitchens’s new book ‘A Revolution Betrayed : How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System’ by Paul Ashwin, Professor of Higher Education, Head of Department and Deputy Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education, Lancaster University. The emphasis on the size of schools is telling.

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Saudi-US partnerships set to power Vision 2030 Goals

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” This includes fields like engineering, renewable energy, healthcare, education, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Nobody knows exactly when that’s going to come… So they need a competitive education system. They need a diverse economy.

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Ireland welcoming more Indian students amid “big four” policy changes

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Highlighting the contribution of Irish educators and missionaries in India’s education system and creating a network of schools in the country, Kelly hailed the current educational ties between the two countries. It’s really great to see the education collaborations between Irish and Indian HEIs.

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From Potholes to Progress: How Higher Education is Driving Solutions to the UK’s Pressing Challenges

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This speaks directly to the Secretary of State for Educations five key priorities for reform of the higher education system that universities should play a great civic role in their communities. Adding plant spores to bitumen will create a self-healing road surface that can extend its lifespan by 30%.