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The ongoing saga of REF 2028: why doesn’t teaching count for impact?

SRHE

The initial decisions on REF 2028 (REF 2028/23/01 from Research England et al ), based on the report on FRAP – the Future Research Assessment Programme – contain one surprise and one non-surprise among nearly 40 decisions. by Ian McNay Surprise, surprise…or not. I will not be doing it, but I hope some of you will.

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Alabama State Launches Women’s Flag Football

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alabama State University’s Department of Athletics has announced its plans to launch a competitive women's flag football program in the 2024-25 academic year. The program will be the first at a Division 1 historically Black college or university, according to officials.

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US Department of Education Projects Increasing Higher Ed Enrollment From 2024-2030. Really? (Dahn Shaulis and Glen McGhee)

Higher Education Inquirer

The US Department of Education (ED) continues to paint rosy projections about higher education enrollment despite harsh economic and demographic realities--and increasing skepticism about the value of college degrees. Apparently, one of the problems is with old and faulty Census projections made during the Trump era that were not corrected.

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Unite earnings grow 13% to reach £184.3m

The PIE News

” An 8% reduction in the number of HMOs in England since 2021, according to the Department for Levelling Up, is equivalent to between 100,000-150,000 fewer beds available for students to rent. Together the partners will develop 2,000 beds at a site in the city for delivery in 2027 and 2028.

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Walter 'Ted' Carter Jr. Named President of OSU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johnson, who led OSU since 2020 and departed under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Carter will face headwinds as OSU’s leader, including lawsuits from the survivors of sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, who was a physician in the athletic department between 1978 and 1998. It will last through the end of 2028.

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WEEKEND READING: Red tape prioritised over student hardship – by Dr Tim Bradshaw (CEO of the Russell Group)

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What’s brought this into focus are two announcements from the Department for Education, one about the rate of uplift to undergraduate student maintenance loans and the other via a mini consultation with sector leads on proposals to increase the fees that the Office for Students (OfS) can charge universities. million to just under £29.3

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Funding model in Nova Scotia hikes fees for int’ls

The PIE News

However, some of this will be held back until universities achieve specific targets within their agreements.

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