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New medical schools: the story so far

HEPI

In 2016, the then Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, promised that medical schools in England would be allowed to offer up to 1,500 extra training places a year with a view to making the NHS self-sufficient in doctors by 2025. Yet strict caps remain on the number of medical students that can be recruited. Number caps.

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Morehouse School of Medicine Looks to Disrupt Health Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As As a medical school, our first priority is to train physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals.

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“Ample room” for int’l students in the US

The PIE News

Business & Management masters are the most sought-after programs of international students in the US, a new report by Studyportals has revealed. India has surpassed China to become the largest source country at US graduate level, according to the Recruiting for Key Disciplines in the US report.

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Oil money undermines academic autonomy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Or at Harvard, where programs in climate policy have taken funding from the likes of Shell (and subsequently produced programming highly favorable to fossil fuel interests). Policy makers, journalists and the public deserve to understand the full context in which academic work is produced. Real disclosure is a start.

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

HEPI

to mirror digital transformation in the manufacturing sector and other technology-rich businesses worldwide. envisions data-driven technological innovation to enable new models of enterprise and leadership in higher education. Policy and fiscal levers should enable their development and success. Universities 4.0

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Federal earmarks a boon for higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

“Historically, colleges and universities and medical centers and hospitals have been popular targets for earmarks.” “That’s exceptionally rare, because it is one medical school in one state that has a retiring senator who chairs the appropriations committee,” Hartle said.