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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. That these students enter universities with an unfair advantage.

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Academic Freedom, Tenure & the U.S. Higher Education System

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Flaherty has produced this year about the unfolding of higher education debates in this Midwest U.S. While I’m immersed in the tumult as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I can’t help standing back and trying to look at the big picture. state of 5.75 million people. more broadly? more broadly?

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Egypt and France strengthen ties with slew of MoUs

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A total of nine MoUs were signed between the Universit Franaise d’gypte (UFE) and prestigious French universities, covering degrees in business management, engineering, linguistics, and political sciences. ” The post Egypt and France strengthen ties with slew of MoUs appeared first on The PIE News.

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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. It didn’t have to be this way.

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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. In 2023, the government of Saudi Arabia introduced new legislation that paved the way for foreign universities to open a branch campus in the country.

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

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Today on the HEPI blog, you can read about how University Alliance members are using healthcare degree apprenticeships to address workforce shortages: click here to read. Research published last week by Swansea University provides a real solution to this critical problem. It’s National Apprenticeship Week.