SRHE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

Education 66

Education Further Education University Students 66

HEPI

MAY 27, 2024

Furthermore, a wide range of emerging higher education programmes focus on areas directly relevant to the green workforce transformation. For example, Universities are introducing programmes in net zero engineering, carbon management and renewable energy technologies.

Higher Education 78

Higher Education Education Academia Guidance 78

HEPI

AUGUST 31, 2023

Creating a parity of esteem between Further Education and Higher Education, or between ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’, is often suggested as a good idea to improve skills shortages, achieve levelling up and promote economic growth. But won’t this dilute what HE is for?

Policy 81

Policy Model Achievement Institution 81

SRHE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

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.’

Higher Education 52

Higher Education University Educational Policy Further Education 52

HEPI

JULY 23, 2024

From 1997 other providers of higher education, including further education colleges and higher education colleges might be granted degree-awarding powers on the advice of the Quality Assurance Agency with the consent of the Privy Council. The scene and the expectations have changed.

Degree 61

Degree Arts And Sciences Higher Education Liberal Arts 61

SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

With many providers offering ‘Professional’ doctorates, leading for example to a Doctorate in Business, a Doctorate in Education, a Doctorate in Engineering, the thesis may be replaced partly or wholly by professional experience and study may take place in conjunction with paid work as a required element.

Allocate 52

Allocate Higher Education Arts And Sciences Degree 52

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

She both struggled to pay her loans and felt limited in her ability to advance her career without further education. She was drawn to UoPeople because of its affordability and prospects for career advancement. Now, she is finishing her last course toward an M.B.A. Why do we have minds if we can’t even go to school?

University 111

University Model Higher Education Faculty 111

HEPI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As Bahram notes in the Foreword, Sarah Isles, HEPI’s Development Director from 2008, helped engineer the shift from HEPI being funded by HEFCE to financial independence, via the establishment of a University Partnership programme and a corporate Partnership programme. It is: do we want more education at higher levels or not?

Policy 40

Policy Higher Education Degree Achievement 40

The PIE News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When the further education provider embraced first embraced esports in 2019 it was because “we saw an industry that was absolutely huge” “Over 90% of children and young people were playing games but actually this is an industry that included lots of different skills, professional skills, communication,” he continues.

Inclusivity 107

Inclusivity Professional Development Further Education Technology 107

HEPI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The event was introduced by the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Adult Education, Margaret Greenwood MP, who said that a gender pay gap and class ceiling in many sectors for disadvantaged women had been exacerbated by Covid, its aftermath and cost-of-living crisis – and this event was timely. Women accounted to just 6.7

Disadvantaged 98

Disadvantaged Further Education Policy Higher Education 98

HEPI

APRIL 1, 2024

The UK’s skills shortages are more extensive among the existing workforce than new entrants; higher education is provided by a wider range of organisations than just universities; and there are more higher education qualifications than just degrees. It is long overdue.

Higher Education 138

Higher Education Achievement Degree Educational Systems 138

HESA

APRIL 20, 2023

Then we have the further education colleges, which are themselves in the process of that whole sector being developed because it emerged out of the local government and so on. And so the FET, further education and training, are a bit like the community colleges. We have maybe about 20% in further education and about 13.5%

Higher Education 40

Higher Education Education Further Education Policy 40