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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

Education and training are key elements in such policies and should constitute a crucial part of this dialogue with the aim of breaking the hold which DfE centralisation has had particularly over the last 30 years. This has already been adopted by the devolved government in Wales, and Scotland is moving in a similar direction.

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Leveraging European Partnerships in Medical Education

HEPI

The United Kingdom faces a critical shortage of medical professionals , a problem exacerbated by the limited availability of medical school places. The Problem: Limited Medical Education Opportunities in the UK UK medical schools are oversubscribed, with only a fraction of applicants securing a place each year.

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Could the medical classroom do with a healthy dose of politics?

LSE Higher Education Blog

These include opening traditional education systems to review and criticism, increasing the attention paid to the hidden curriculum, formal recognition of critical thinking as an essential dimension in the medical educational process, and increasing participatory learning throughout medical school.

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The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 2 minutes Standards-based grading (SBG) has been ingrained in the American education system for over a century. It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses.

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The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 2 minutes Standards-based grading (SBG) has been ingrained in the American education system for over a century. It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses.

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Universities 4.0 and their role in driving place-based innovation for socio-economic transformation

HEPI

SIT brings novel approaches to industry-delivered, competency-based learning and applied research, a differentiated offering in a successful higher education system. Singapore has an enviable reputation for economic growth and innovation as part of national industry policy and offers compelling lessons globally.

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(Podcast) #28- Importance of collaborative effort in supporting international students with Wendy, Cassie and Danielle

ACPA

Within the College of Education, sometimes we just feel like, okay, we’re in our own little bubble within education. And same thing for like the medical school or the school of engineering or the school of management or a business school.