Further Education - University Leadership Central

Further education colleges in England face losing financial independence

The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Government likely to treat FE sector as ‘big schools’, removing autonomy over borrowing and investment Further education (FE) colleges are likely to be treated as “big schools” by the government and lose critical financial independence, after a ruling reclassified colleges in England as part of central government.

Further Education

Further Education Education College Schooling

A Vice-Chancellor writes: Those arguing for a graduate tax should look at the experience of Further Education – and be careful what they wish for

HEPI

JANUARY 25, 2023

While much ink has been spilt on both the positives and negatives of such an approach, I think one of the most compelling arguments against implementing such as system is to look at how other areas of our education system which are funded through direct taxation have faired – namely further education.

Further Education

Further Education Education Facilities Department

The Ofsted reports that raise questions about the wider tertiary system

Wonkhe

OCTOBER 6, 2024

A special commission from DfE saw five colleges accused of “draining public money” in further education teacher training. Michael Salmon connects the dots with higher education

Further Education

Further Education Higher Education Education College

A new pathway into digital education careers

Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

If you want to become a learning technologist in higher or further education, there's now an apprenticeship at level 5 that can get you there. ALT's Maren Deepwell, Helen O'Sullivan, and Billy Smith tell us more The post A new pathway into digital education careers appeared first on Wonkhe.

Education

Education Further Education Technology

Students Can’t Access Transcripts From Shuttered Online College

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Former students of Union Institute & University, an online university based in Cincinnati that closed over the summer, say they cannot access their transcripts, causing problems for those hoping to pursue further education.

Further Education

Further Education Students College Institution

What would be the impact of the freedom of speech bill on colleges?

Wonkhe

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Further education colleges are used to being overlooked and underfunded – but the free speech bill will have serious consequences for the sector, argues Julian Gravatt. The post What would be the impact of the freedom of speech bill on colleges? appeared first on Wonkhe.

Further Education

Further Education College Education Higher Education

Accelerating the sector’s journey to net zero

Wonkhe

JANUARY 22, 2023

Higher and further education providers urgently need to get better at measuring and reporting their carbon footprint. EAUC interim chief executive Fiona Goodwin introduces a new standardised carbon emissions framework. The post Accelerating the sector’s journey to net zero appeared first on Wonkhe.

Further Education

Further Education Education Environment

The Tories have sucked the joy from the education system. Here are three ways Labour can bring it back | Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Keir Starmer should revitalise Sure Start, focus on children’s happiness – and give a crucial boost to further education Our writers and experts name the pledges Labour must include in its manifesto Children became unhappier in the past decade, according to the annual Good Childhood report.

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Educational Systems Further Education Education

Adoping a regional tertiary education, research and innovation system in England: priorities, principles and practicalities

HEPI

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A week on from the Labour Government’s first Budget, it is clear that its first 100 days have left universities, further education colleges, and apprenticeship providers in England in a state of uncomfortable anticipation.

Education

Education Further Education Policy Educational Systems

Schools in England face ‘significant squeeze’ on budgets, IFS report finds

The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The IFS’s annual look at education spending reveals that further education and sixth form colleges could experience particular hardship, with rising numbers of students after steep cuts in funding until 2019, which have only been partially reversed by the government. Continue reading.

Schooling

Schooling Further Education College Institution

UK business groups call for more foreign-language teaching in colleges

The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2023

Exclusive: Report reveals postcode lottery as barely half FE institutions offer some form of language teaching Business groups and language experts are calling on ministers to make linguistic skills a core part of vocational training, after research found young people are unable to study languages at large numbers of further education colleges.

Further Education

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Turing funding timeline in UK causing participants to drop out

The PIE News

JANUARY 5, 2024

The research found that less than half of higher education participants – 45% – felt the funding provided by Turing covered at least half of their costs on placement. This figure was higher for further education and vocational education and training participants at 86%.

Disadvantaged

Disadvantaged Further Education Higher Education Empower

Students should be told of university course job prospects, says commission

The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A review of research into the employment effects of higher and further education by the government’s Social Mobility Commission showed wide variations in earnings, with some courses failing to boost salaries, while the most lucrative courses for graduates often admitted few students in England from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Disadvantaged

Disadvantaged Further Education University Students

University autonomy and government control by funding

SRHE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

‘Universities must do more to raise their impact beyond their gates’, Phillipson said, so as ‘to drive the growth that this country sorely needs’ including by ‘joining with Skills England, employers and partners in further education to deliver the skills that people and businesses need’.

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University Guidance Further Education Higher Education

Planet Education Networks buys Dublin-based education group

The PIE News

AUGUST 29, 2024

The City Education Group’s network includes: City Colleges (higher education and training) Ashfield College (high school) City Language School (ELT) Progressive College (higher and further education) The post Planet Education Networks buys Dublin-based education group appeared first on The PIE News.

Education

Education Further Education Model Schooling

Report: Almost all disabled students lack access to college readiness programs

University Business

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act requires schools to identify and serve children who need tailored support to succeed academically, and to “prepare them for further education, employment and independent living.”

Further Education

Further Education College Students Equity

The tuition fees U-turn shows Labour is out of touch with the times | Letters

The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

When the Tories committed to cutting spending on higher education through increasing tuition fees, why did they not use some of the money saved to increase spending on further education (technical and vocational education) and nursery education?

Further Education

Further Education Higher Education Policy Education

Institute for Fiscal Studies warns against cutting spending on sixth forms

The Guardian - Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As the Treasury attempts to balance the budget, government departments are on standby to identify spending cuts, but the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said any attempt to reduce spending in the 16-18 sector would “sit uncomfortably” with the government’s stated commitment to focus on skills and economic growth.

Institution

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Which are Table A and B institutions in Australia?

The PIE News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It appears to be all universities, public and private, and TAFEs which are government funded Technical and Further Education colleges. This means that course-level caps will still be applied to private colleges.

Institution

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There’s no such thing as a free lunch for schools – but bring on the Toynbee Glee Scale for Ofsted | Letters

The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Jess Hindes says any new government planning to increase free school meals needs to pay for that, Yvonne Williams extols the benefits of further education, and Dr Helen Care suggests implementing a glee scale for schools Polly Toynbee’s suggestions about bringing joy to the education system through increasing the provision of free school meals and (..)

Schooling

Schooling Further Education Educational Systems Education

New Law Institute Elevates Tribal Sovereignty Education

Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The new institute will further education related to Native American legal issues for both current students and practicing attorneys. OCU’s institute joins the work of several other similar sovereignty-focused centers at universities in Arizona, Arkansas, California, and Minnesota.

Institution

Institution Education Deans Law School

Future student numbers: The right diagnosis, but careful on the medicine – John Cope responds to the new HEPI paper by Bahram Bekhradnia

HEPI

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Based on UCAS data (partial in places, especially when it comes to further education and apprenticeships), robust modelling and some careful assumptions around participation rates, we put our necks on the line and projected by 2030, UCAS would be processing a million applications, compared to around 750,000 currently.

Further Education

Further Education Students Degree Model

How Birkbeck broke down barriers to education | Letters

The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I spent nearly 40 years working in further education colleges and Birkbeck was my role model for second-chance learners. Four years later, I had my degree and a PGCE. From 1980, I was developing access courses to break down the barriers for adults to get to university.

Education

Education Further Education Department Model

Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

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

Education Further Education University Students

Institutional autonomy: does it need an ‘academic community’?

HEPI

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

OfS will register providers without degree-awarding powers or ‘university title’, and may include ‘academies’ for 16-19 year-olds and Further Education Colleges. The Further Education and Training Act (2007) s.19 19 permitted FE colleges (but only FE colleges) to award their own Foundation Degrees.

Institution

Institution Arts And Sciences Further Education Degree

UK colleges call for more support for int’l ambitions

The PIE News

APRIL 22, 2024

England’s further education sector could make a greater contribution to UK education exports if data collection on internationalisation activities in colleges were improved, the leading voice for colleges in the country has suggested.

Ministry Of Education

Ministry Of Education College Further Education Policy

UK: NUS calls for NHS Surcharge & work hour scrap

The PIE News

JANUARY 30, 2024

As well as rejoining the scheme, Erasmus+ funding should be reinstated to further education colleges and community organisations. The NUS has joined with the European Students Union to campaign for the UK to reassociate with Erasmus+. One in three international students have to work while they study, it said.

Further Education

Further Education Educational Systems Higher Education Students

How to Debunk Dangerous College Myths

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

At least some of the enrollment loss is due to misinformation and misconceptions about the relationship between employment and educational attainment. The prevalence of “Help Wanted” signs may have led some people to believe that further education and training may no longer be necessary. Dr. George R.

College

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Ed Dept Grants $40M for Student Success Efforts

Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 16, 2024

By prioritizing equity, the program seeks to ensure that more students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, can achieve credentials that lead to economic success and further educational opportunities.

Postsecondary Education

Postsecondary Education Students Achievement Further Education

Report: Student Loan Debt Burdens Limit Wealth Building and Career Choice for HBCU Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Borrowers also reported being better positioned to achieve long-term goals like homeownership, pursuing further education or starting a business.” “The payment pause enabled 85% of HBCU students to make at least one positive, wealth-promoting financial choice, such as starting or building emergency savings and paying other debts.

Students

Students Further Education Scholarship Achievement

Why do vocational FE students choose to go to HE?

SRHE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

by Neil Raven Introduction In a previous blog , I explored the reasons why some students on level 3 (advanced) professional and applied courses decide against higher education. Those whose views were sought came from a further education college (FEC) located in the East Midlands.

Students

Students Further Education Guidance Higher Education

Major review of Australian HE calls for doubling of places by 2050

The PIE News

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This is a landmark piece of work that sets out a clear path to creating a seamless tertiary education sector where there is greater collaboration and integration between universities and TAFEs,” she said.

Disadvantaged

Disadvantaged Further Education Educational Systems Equity

University of Portsmouth London to open

The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Discussions have been had with local colleges, particularly around what students on further education programs are studying and how the launch of the new campus can work to complement that. “We wanted to go somewhere where we could build up a relationship with the local community.

University

University Recruitment Further Education Higher Education

UK education and TNE exports valued at £27.9bn in 2021

The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2024

The share of the total attributed to higher education was 77.9% at £21.74bn and education products and services at £2.15bn. Exports related to independent schools was £920 million, ELT £46m and further education £24m.

Education

Education Further Education Schooling Higher Education

How Marta “credentialized” her work experience with the Northeastern DAE degree

Coursera blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Learning the theory behind the application with the MS in Data Analytics Engineering As a working analytics engineer with a bachelor of arts in behavioral psychology from the University of Maine, Marta found herself craving further education that would be relevant to her career path.

Degree

Degree Engineering Arts And Sciences Further Education

Campaigning for Representation: Showmen in education

HEPI

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Our young people are more likely now than ever before to continue from primary into secondary education. Attainment in education for Showmen is at an all-time high, as our children are passing GCSEs at expected levels and beyond.

Education

Education Achievement Further Education Higher Education

The case of Scotland’s missing international strategy and Erasmus replacement

The PIE News

MAY 7, 2023

Minister for Higher and Further Education since 2023, Graeme Dey – who welcomed Germany’s Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Education and Research Jens Brandenburg to Scotland in May – was asked recently asked in Scottish Parliament about educational exchanges with Europe. .

Further Education

Further Education Adult Education Higher Education Allocate

Wealth and Want Part 4: Robocolleges and the Working Class Roboworkers

Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Consequences of Student Debt on Roboworkers: Delayed Major Life Milestones: Student debt can delay major life milestones such as buying a home, starting a family, or pursuing further education. Financial Stress and Anxiety: The burden of student debt can lead to significant financial stress and anxiety, impacting overall well-being.

Higher Education

Higher Education Faculty Guidance Further Education

OfS probes subcontractual partnerships at UK HEIs

The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

“In these financially challenging times for higher education providers, it’s more important than ever that they recognise that business models that rely heavily on subcontractual partnerships carry additional risks, and these risks must be effectively managed.”

Higher Education

Higher Education Achievement Further Education Advise

“Changing MBA demand” requires market to adapt

The PIE News

MAY 2, 2024

Postgraduate business and MBA students are changing their preferences for further education, with AI content leading an increased demand for technology topics.

Technology

Technology Professional Development Further Education Schooling

UK marking boycott could jeopardise graduate visa applications

The PIE News

MAY 29, 2023

Graeme Dey, SNP minister for Higher and Further Education, said universities are “putting in place appropriate mitigations to minimise disruption to studies”. “I Other students said they were concerned about their ability to apply for a post-graduate visa if their grades or graduation are delayed.

Scholarship

Scholarship Further Education Degree University

TAFE Qld trials AI tech in targeted advertising

The PIE News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The northeastern Australian technical and further education provider has been using a new insight reporting tool to develop localised adverts targeting students in Japan and South Korea.

Technology

Technology Further Education Model Higher Education

Aus strategy “problematic” for VET

The PIE News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The test is also likely to create challenges for VET providers whose business model is focused on offering further education options for VET graduates after they finish their first qualification,” Field said.

Further Education

Further Education Learning Experience Policy Degree

A place for data: Illustrating how the higher education sector may support more inclusive growth

HEPI

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Current data available to us suggests that these places are less likely to have higher education provision and hence are possible ‘cold spots’. Continuing with the joining up theme, in recent years, we have seen increased debate on both the HEPI website and the broader literature around the merits of creating a single tertiary system.

Higher Education

Higher Education Inclusivity Education Further Education

Further education colleges in England face losing financial independence

A Vice-Chancellor writes: Those arguing for a graduate tax should look at the experience of Further Education – and be careful what they wish for

Trending Sources

The Ofsted reports that raise questions about the wider tertiary system

A new pathway into digital education careers

Students Can’t Access Transcripts From Shuttered Online College

What would be the impact of the freedom of speech bill on colleges?

Accelerating the sector’s journey to net zero

The Tories have sucked the joy from the education system. Here are three ways Labour can bring it back | Polly Toynbee

Adoping a regional tertiary education, research and innovation system in England: priorities, principles and practicalities

Schools in England face ‘significant squeeze’ on budgets, IFS report finds

UK business groups call for more foreign-language teaching in colleges

Turing funding timeline in UK causing participants to drop out

Students should be told of university course job prospects, says commission

University autonomy and government control by funding

Planet Education Networks buys Dublin-based education group

Report: Almost all disabled students lack access to college readiness programs

The tuition fees U-turn shows Labour is out of touch with the times | Letters

Institute for Fiscal Studies warns against cutting spending on sixth forms

Which are Table A and B institutions in Australia?

There’s no such thing as a free lunch for schools – but bring on the Toynbee Glee Scale for Ofsted | Letters

New Law Institute Elevates Tribal Sovereignty Education

Future student numbers: The right diagnosis, but careful on the medicine – John Cope responds to the new HEPI paper by Bahram Bekhradnia

How Birkbeck broke down barriers to education | Letters

Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

Institutional autonomy: does it need an ‘academic community’?

UK colleges call for more support for int’l ambitions

UK: NUS calls for NHS Surcharge & work hour scrap

How to Debunk Dangerous College Myths

Ed Dept Grants $40M for Student Success Efforts

Report: Student Loan Debt Burdens Limit Wealth Building and Career Choice for HBCU Graduates

Why do vocational FE students choose to go to HE?

Major review of Australian HE calls for doubling of places by 2050

University of Portsmouth London to open

UK education and TNE exports valued at £27.9bn in 2021

How Marta “credentialized” her work experience with the Northeastern DAE degree

Campaigning for Representation: Showmen in education

The case of Scotland’s missing international strategy and Erasmus replacement

Wealth and Want Part 4: Robocolleges and the Working Class Roboworkers

OfS probes subcontractual partnerships at UK HEIs

“Changing MBA demand” requires market to adapt

UK marking boycott could jeopardise graduate visa applications

TAFE Qld trials AI tech in targeted advertising

Aus strategy “problematic” for VET

A place for data: Illustrating how the higher education sector may support more inclusive growth

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