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Levelling the playing field from birth to graduation: why universities have a crucial role to play in ensuring every child has a chance to flourish and thrive

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Amanda J. Broderick, Vice-Chancellor & President at the University of East London. The chief executive of the Early Years Alliance has gone so far as to claim that the government’s current plans “ spell disaster.”

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How will technology change education in the future?

HEPI

As an undergraduate in the early 1990s, I did not find the computer room in my Department until my very final week, when I stumbled upon it by accident and found a few international students communicating with their families back home. COVID of course provided a sharp break point, speeding everything up.

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Atlantic Canada: visa students 15.5% up as region looks for graduate retention

The PIE News

Full-time international student numbers enrolled in institutions across Atlantic Canada have risen by 15.5%, reaching a total of 21,812, preliminary findings from the Association of Atlantic Universities have suggested. time visa students had increased by almost 3,000 new students in the latest academic year. Total full?time

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Trending online courses in business, computer science, tech, and more

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These latest courses, Professional Certificates, and degrees cover everything from accounting and IT to data science and software engineering. With more world-class content launching every week, there are always new topics to explore, new skills to learn, and new ways to achieve your goals. What will you learn next?

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Fair Access and Participation: Sector-wide challenges need sector-wide collaboration

HEPI

This blog was contributed by Professor Antony Moss, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor, Education and Student Experience, London South Bank University, and Chair, London Uni Connect. Of these new priorities, two stand out as representing a significant shift in focus from previous iterations of the APP process.

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Moving Teaching Forward, Post-Pandemic

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma No doubt you’ve heard the advice: you can’t go forward looking into the rearview mirror. The financial crisis also made the academy inescapably aware of a basic fact: that most students had to work while they earned their degree. But those words of wisdom are actually wrong.

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Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips

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Blogs Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips Health care administration programs are increasingly attractive to both students and employers. online delivery, weekend classes) appeal to students concerned with balancing family and work-related commitments with further education. subplans”).