The PIE News

APRIL 8, 2025

Indian students who have studied abroad and wish to return to India for further education or employment can now apply for an equivalence certificate through the UGC s dedicated portal by paying the prescribed fee. Moreover, degrees obtained through franchising arrangements will also not be recognised, according to UGC.

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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.

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HEPI

APRIL 30, 2025

To meet these needs on both national and local levels, Russell Group universities are building on their existing partnerships with colleges, businesses and local authorities to make sure education remains as relevant and responsive as possible for graduates and employers alike.

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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.

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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%.

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University Business

MARCH 19, 2025

‘Launchpad jobs’ It remains a mystery why economic circumstances diverge so dramatically over timeand therein lies the rub for colleges and universities. An abundance of data correlates education levels with significantly higher earnings. Why your first job may matter more appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

There are more than 400 Higher Education in Prison programs throughout the country, and that is good news since students who participate in college while incarcerated are 48% less likely to return to prison after release compared to their peers. For returning citizens, the benefits of college extend beyond academics.

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HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Dr Adrian Gonzalez ( @AGonzalez05 ) Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Director of Learning and Teaching, Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York. Table 1: Department of Environment and Geography, University of York fieldtrips up to 2022-2023 What does this total figure equate to?

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The Guardian - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Vice-chancellors say universities ‘essential to economic growth’ and that maintenance grants should be restored Ministers should aim for 70% of young people to continue their education after leaving school by 2040, while tuition fees in England should be increased, according to the leaders of UK’s universities.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 22, 2024

The Director for Education and Skills at the OECD, Andreas Schleicher, has been quoted saying that the UK’s higher education sector is “ overextending ” itself, with universities offering credentials that lack substantive value. England’s education system is not producing “too many” graduates.

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HEPI

APRIL 15, 2025

Dr Ismini Vasileiou is Associate Professor at De Montfort University, Director of the East Midlands Cyber Security Cluster and Director and Co-Chair of UKC3. The governments strategic focus on workforce development underscores the importance of these changes, with higher education well-placed to lead the transformation.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

by Sir Adrian Webb The publication on 13 September 2023 of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report on the Office for Students drew attention to the financial challenges facing universities in the UK and to the challenges associated with regulating and overseeing these risks.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. Saleema is one of more than 126,000 students, including nearly 17,000 refugees, studying at this tuition-free, nonprofit online university with an all-volunteer faculty.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 11, 2023

As a debate ensues over about funding for universities and headline tuition fees, David Hughes sets out the case for an integrated tertiary funding system The post How to create a truly tertiary funding model in England (and beyond) appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The PIE News

MAY 7, 2023

But, after the Scottish government reversed a decision to allocate £46m to colleges and universities “without warning” on May 3, there is pressure on the government – and its new leader Humza Yousaf – to release a plan on how it plans to fund higher education in Scotland.

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The PIE News

MAY 29, 2023

An ongoing marking boycott could prevent international students from staying in the UK once they graduate, a leading university has warned. The university has not clarified this with students. “I’m I’m kind of angry,” she said, adding that she supported the strikes and felt the university should do more to resolve them.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Planet Education Networks , a network of universities, partners and affiliates, said this deal will not only broaden its portfolio but significantly bolster the offering available to local and international students in Ireland.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 17, 2024

For David Hughes, the Australian Universities Accord holds up a mirror to the challenges facing England’s tertiary education sector The post Going tertiary down under appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. At least some of the enrollment loss is due to misinformation and misconceptions about the relationship between employment and educational attainment. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership at Kansas State University.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Scottish government has released its first comprehensive International Education Strategy, promising plans to attract more staff and activity to promote universities and colleges internationally. “Scotland already has more top universities per head of population than any other country in the world,” Dey said.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 9, 2025

Stage 1: Awareness In the first stage of the enrollment funnel , prospective students search for colleges and universities and find out about the different programs they offer. The challenge that universities face during this stage is: How do we reach as many potential students as possible?

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The PIE News

AUGUST 1, 2024

The small Mediterranean island only has a population of around 500,000 but boasts a number of higher and further education institutes. One of these, Global Banking School (GBS) Malta , will see its first Masters students graduating in September. “There’s income tax to pay.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Such an approach indicates a significant amount of effort is therefore required to do something supposedly so essential to the smooth operation of a tertiary education system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The burden of student loan debt limits future finances of graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). As such, college education is not fulfilling the promise of being a great equalizer and closing wealth gaps, according to a recent report.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Attainment in education for Showmen is at an all-time high, as our children are passing GCSEs at expected levels and beyond. Further education is increasingly considered as a viable option, and many more Showmen are carrying on into higher education. My eldest son is at university in Manchester.

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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 Conservative government said it would raise immigration fees – including for international students – to fund public sector pay rises last year.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If this is a tenet of the Conservative approach to education, then one might assume the lengthy period of Conservative-led governments since 2010 would have ushered in a more diverse higher education sector by stimulating more independent provision.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Oklahoma City University’s newly launched Tribal Sovereignty Institute stands at the forefront of a vital movement. Housed within the Oklahoma City University (OCU) School of Law, this trailblazing institute is dedicated to reshaping the landscape of legal education and advocacy for Indigenous communities in Oklahoma.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This blog has been kindly written by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer of London Higher, the representative body for more than 40 universities and higher education colleges across the capital. She writes here in a personal capacity, and you can follow Diana on Twitter @dianajbeech.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The Universities Accord – a major 12-month long review into Australian higher education – has released its report with a bold call for up to 80% of Australians to be tertiary-education by 2050. Another central tenet of the report is more seamless integration between vocational and university delivery.

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HEPI

JANUARY 31, 2025

This blog responding to the Government’s new ‘crack down on rogue higher education operators ‘ has been kindly written for HEPI by the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University, Professor Nick Braisby. Applications are expected to reopen in August 2025, but the OfS is keeping this under review.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rejections from the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) were coming thick and fast. I spent nearly 40 years working in further education colleges and Birkbeck was my role model for second-chance learners. From 1980, I was developing access courses to break down the barriers for adults to get to university.

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HEPI

APRIL 7, 2025

James is co-lead of Interpaths Education Team and has advised on over 20 mergers and potential mergers in the FE and HE sectors. In this blog, James explains 10 things universities can learn from mergers in the FE sector.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2024

Exports related to independent schools was £920 million, ELT £46m and further education £24m. Photo: UK gov’t The £21.7bn figure for higher education underlines the “huge contribution international students make to the UK”, Jamie Arrowsmith, director of Universities UK International, said.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

A subcontractual partnership is when a lead provider – for example, a university – uses a third-party provider to deliver all or part of a course on its behalf. In line with the growing number of students taught in subcontractual partnership courses, the UK ‘s education watchdog the OfS is casting a beady eye over these deals.

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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. The difference with QuantPlus is the ability to pre-optimise campaigns using data specifically collected from international education trials.

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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.

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