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Return of the MAC: Brian Bell answers your immigration questions

The PIE News

Bell recently spoke at The PIE Live Europe 2025, where he asserted that international students will stay in UK net migration figures , regardless of what the government’s policy on immigration might be. Now the MAC chair is back again with more no-nonsense responses as he answers more of your questions on immigration. Q: Is there a country with an immigration system you admire?

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AI-Powered Teaching Assistants Can Drive Student Success

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Artificial intelligence-driven tutors, which generally provide answers to objective questions, have demonstrated the ability to boost academic performance. For example, in a study led by Harvard University lecturers, physics students who used AI tutors learned more than twice as much in less time than other students. Elsewhere, faculty members at colleges and universities have already made creative and dynamic use of generative AI at part of their curriculum.

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AAUP, AFT sue to block Education Department dismantling

Higher Ed Dive

The plaintiffs allege that the executive branch has exceeded its constitutional authority and violated law after the president’s order to wind the agency down.

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Sussex fined almost £600k over free speech

Wonkhe

The Office for Students has published its investigation into the university that employed Kathleen Stock.

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Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive

As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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Beyond the bottom line: rethinking recruitment strategy and cost

The PIE News

My recent article in The PIE News posed a critical question: is international student recruitment really worth it , especially when more than a quarter of UK universities earn less per international student after scholarships and discounts, but before direct recruitment costs than the maximum domestic tuition fee cap universities in England are allowed to charge?

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Racial Healing Hubs Create a Culture of Connection

Insight Into Diversity

Racism casts a long shadow across generations, obscuring the path forward on some of societys most grave injustices. The Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) initiative, a multi-year effort of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), is facilitating conversations to confront the ongoing impacts of racism, community by community.

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How do you get from skills planning to effective learning provision?

Wonkhe

Scottish Funding Council deputy director of assurance and outcomes Elizabeth Shevlin reflects on what can be learned from approaching policymaking as action-based research

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Strengthening data and insights into our changing university research landscape by Jessica Corner

HEPI

Professor Dame Jessica Corner is Executive Chair of Research England. The UK continues as a global leader in research and innovation and our universities are uniquely strong contributors, among which are the highest performing in the world. We have some of the highest-intensity innovation ecosystems in the world, with universities as the core driver.

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Harvard Boosts Affordable Housing in Boston

Insight Into Diversity

Harvard University, in partnership with the City of Boston, is ramping up its efforts to address housing availability and affordability by building and funding new homes, particularly in the nearby neighborhood of Allston. As the universitys footprint in the community growswith new research hubs, residential units, and commercial spacesso do concerns about rising costs.

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What types of colleges offer the best ROI?

Higher Ed Dive

The financial value of 4,600 colleges has been updated in a database from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Any possible tertiary future for England’s post-18 system must lean into college-based HE

Wonkhe

Andy Forbes introduces a new report from the Lifelong Education Institute and Mixed Economy Group of college HE providers making the case for expanding college-based HE

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A trio of reasons for the TRIO Programs

University Business

For nearly 60 years, the TRIO programs have been a cornerstone of educational opportunity in the United States. Originating from the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, TRIO programs have expanded access to higher education for over six million Americans, creating pathways from middle school to doctoral degrees. By serving low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities, TRIO has played a pivotal role in breaking cycles of poverty and opening new doors of opportunity.

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From Classroom to Startup: How Business Schools Are Fueling Student Entrepreneurship

Insight Into Diversity

Business schools across the country are increasingly integrating entrepreneurial support into their programs, providing students with the resources and mentorship needed to transform their ideas into viable startups. At the forefront of this movement, business schools like the University of Washington (UW) Foster School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management are developing competitions, incubators, and funding opportunities that help student en

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University at Albany decarbonization project eyes 16% cut in fossil fuel consumption

Higher Ed Dive

With geothermal wells, heat recovery and chiller replacements, the university will be able to shut off its gas-fired boilers during the summer, it said.

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The franchise problem may not have a quick answer

Wonkhe

Will simply regulating franchise providers directly solve our concerns about fraudulent provision?

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Trade schools are in a growth phase. Can it last?

University Business

Enrollment in trade schools has significantly increased since the pandemic, and it’s only expected to continue over the next decade, according to a new report from Validated Insights. Newly collected data from the higher education marketing agency reveals that new enrollment from 2020 to 2023 grew by 10.5%. Consequently, revenue increased 7.8% over the past four years.

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EY and UAlbany Partner to Develop Future Business Leaders

Insight Into Diversity

Through a dynamic partnership with global business management consulting and accounting firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young), the State University of New York at Albany (UAlbany) is equipping students with critical skills and real-world experience in cybersecurity, business, and professional development. One of the key initiatives is the EY Trajectory Program, a semester-long experiential-learning course where students work alongside EY professionals and UAlbany faculty in information security r

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Biomimicry: Learning from Nature’s Genius

Gray Associates

What if nature held the blueprint for our next big innovation? Biomimicrya practice rooted in learning from the strategies and designs found in the natural worldoffers a fresh perspective on solving complex challenges. Discover how this nature-inspired approach is influencing everything from cutting-edge technology to emerging academic programs, and what it could mean for the future of innovation and education.

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Professional services staff need equal recognition – visibility in sector data would be a good start

Wonkhe

With a week to go in HESAs staff record consultation, Claire Toogood sets out the importance of professional services staff representation in the data

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Australia’s budget “missed opportunity” for higher education investment

The PIE News

The budget forecasts that Net Overseas Migration (NOM) will decline by 75,000 in 2025/26, and by a further 35,000 in 2026/27. Meanwhile, visa application charges are expected to deliver receipts of $4.2 billion in 2025/26 and $4.4 billion in 2026/27, following on from the government’s move to increase the fee for international student visas applying to study in Australia by 125%, from AUS$710 to AUS$1,600.

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Shining a Light on Opportunity: HBCU Partnership for Solar Energy

Insight Into Diversity

In a groundbreaking initiative to advance renewable energy education, Israeli green energy firm Energiya Global Capital has partnered with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to promote solar energy expertise. The project, funded by a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, aims to educate HBCU students and Southern rural farmers on agrivoltaics an innovative approach that integrates agriculture with solar energy pr

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Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Faces Charges for Protest Actions

Inside Higher Ed

Prosecutors in St. Louis have formally charged former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and one other demonstrator for their actions during a pro-Palestinian protest at Washington University last spring, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

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Student experience is becoming more transactional – but that doesn’t make it less meaningful

Wonkhe

The institutions that successfully create transformative learning encounters underpinned by seamless transactions will be the ones with the happiest students.

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Why Strategic Plans—and Other College Plans—Fail

Continuous Learning Institute

( A. Solano ) Strategic plans don’t usually fail because they’re flawed. They fail because they’re ignored. After coaching nearly 60 colleges over 16 years, I’ve seen it over and over: institutions pour time and money into strategic plans, enrollment plans, equity plans, guided pathways workplans, and ed master plans—only to watch them gather dust.

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CU Boulder’s ESG and Sustainability MBA Pathway Prepares Future Business Leaders

Insight Into Diversity

Even as social and political climates shift, responsible decision-making continues to shape the business world, and those leaders who understand the challenges and opportunities of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are well-positioned to drive meaningful change. The ESG and Sustainability MBA Pathway at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) Leeds School of Business provides students with the skills, knowledge, and network to excel in the rapidly growing ESG sector.

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Saving Through Solidarity

Academe Blog

BY AUDREY BERLOWITZ The inexplicable budget cuts my financially-solvent university enacted through its 202324 APR process both portended and was practice for our current moment. The “headwinds,” justifications for why the university had to cut twenty programs before new system-wide performance-based metrics formally went into effect, have unsurprisingly arrived.

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What the UK can learn from Scotland’s tertiary pathfinder experiments

Wonkhe

Rewiring skills and employment pathways doesn't have to be expensive.

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From Feedback to Feedforward: Using AI-Powered Assessment Flywheel to Drive Student Competency

Faculty Focus

A defining quality of student-centred teaching is effective assessments. In recent years, the discourse around effective assessment has steered towards incorporating the assessment for learning strategy into curriculum development. In basic form, assessment for learning entails assessment where pre-emptive, future-oriented comments (called feedforward) are given to learners to guide improvement in future performances.

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Building Business Brilliance

Insight Into Diversity

CMU Competition Cultivates Future Leaders Central Michigan University (CMU) College of Business Administration recently hosted the Next-Gen Central Event, an immersive experience designed to introduce high school students to the world of business, management, and enterprise operations. At the core of CMUs business curriculum is its emphasis on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) using leading enterprise software platform SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing).

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[White Paper] – The Essential Guide to Enrollment Marketing for Adult, Graduate, and Online Programs

University Business

More than 2,500 universities are currently marketing online programs, so your higher ed institution needs an integrated marketing approach to differentiate your coursesensuring you reach and captivate more students at all stages of their enrollment journey. In this 17-page guide, discover key marketing strategies to stand out among the competition as well as to connect with and attract the right students.

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Navigating this moment: The urgency of mentorship

Higher Ed Dive

Mentorship is an essential strategy that addresses key milestones and challenges in the student life cycle, propelling career-ready students directly into the workforce.

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VICTORY: Federal court blocks Texas A&M’s unconstitutional drag ban

FIRE

A federal judge upheld the First Amendment rights of a Texas A&M student group by blocking an attempt by officials to ban the group's upcoming drag show "Draggieland"

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The Family Business Blueprint Strategy, Support, and Succession

Insight Into Diversity

Family businesses contend with unique challenges, including decisions about who will take over the business one day. The stress of succession planning, generational dynamics, and reconciling personal relationships with professional responsibilities can significantly strain operations. The Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nevada, Reno (UN Reno) has developed a new program providing tailored support to help family businesses strategize for future success.

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Scottish voters split over free tuition as university financial crisis deepens

The Guardian - Higher Education

Poll finds up to 48% of voters believe Scottish students who can afford it should pay, with 29% opposed Scottish voters are divided over Scotlands policy of free tuition for Scottish studentsas the crisis over university finances intensified. A poll commissioned by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland found that up to 48% of voters believe Scottish students who can afford it should pay for tuition, with 29% opposed.

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Sheffield Hallam and the British University in Egypt embark on “transnational journey”

The PIE News

Sheffield Hallam Universitys vice-chancellor, Liz Mossop, welcomed a senior delegation from the British University in Egypt (BUE) to sign an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) furthering their commitment to international academic collaboration. Following the UK delegation’s recent visit to campuses in Egypt in February, the BUE reciprocated with a visit to Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.