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Why universities should care about government proposals to cut community education

Wonkhe

The government is consulting on cuts to community education. Jonathan Michie argues that universities need to speak up. The post Why universities should care about government proposals to cut community education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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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

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor David Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University (LSBU) and CEO of LSBU Group. You would be hard pressed to find someone in either the higher education sector or Westminster willing to argue that the current funding system for universities is working well.

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University of Portsmouth London to open

The PIE News

The University of Portsmouth is establishing a presence in London with a brand new campus, set to welcome its first students early next year. The university’s partnership with global property investment and development group Northchild Group will see the university campus set up in Waltham Forest.

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Turing funding timeline in UK causing participants to drop out

The PIE News

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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Students Can’t Access Transcripts From Shuttered Online College

Inside Higher Ed

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

The Guardian - Higher Education

Social Mobility Commission says students should be informed of ‘earnings implications’ of course choices Students should be given more details about how the courses they study after leaving school might affect their employment prospects, it has been suggested, as figures show near-record numbers of 18-year-olds applying to university.

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University autonomy and government control by funding

SRHE

The change of Government in July 2024 brought a new Secretary of State in the person of Bridget Phillipson but no fresh Letter of Guidance before she spoke in the Commons in a Higher Education debate on 4 November, 2024. That, she suggested, would be needed to ensure that universities would be ‘there for them to attend’ in future.