SRHE

JANUARY 6, 2023

Prospective university students were in a similar position, being expected to make a cost-conscious decision about their degree education with limited understanding of their options. Students in this category hold shared views on employability, graduate salaries, and value for money. by Kristina Gruzdeva.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Last week Matt Reed (“Confessions of a Community College Dean”) lamented unused funds given by donors in his post “ Dead Money.” ” He wondered what could be done about funds (especially scholarship dollars) whose restrictions make them impossible to use.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! So many times, I’ve heard the lament from colleagues “I don’t know how you do it. I could never ask anyone for money.” Over the years, I’ve observed a variety of approaches to asking donors for money. Ask for Money, You’ll Get Advice.

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MindMax

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I’m excited to explore those pathways in a multi-part blog series. And why is it so critical for higher ed institutions to understand and adapt to that landscape? Examining Changing Attitudes about Work The role work plays in society has always influenced higher education. People get off at the exits.

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HEPI

MARCH 24, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Sasha Roseneil, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Sussex. As we saw the death toll rise, it was apparent that the elderly, the vulnerable, the sick and all those who cared for them were facing considerable risk. Sasha is also a qualified psychotherapist (group analyst).

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HEPI

OCTOBER 22, 2023

HEPI has marked the event with a Policy Note on the influence of the Robbins Report and a blog series – you can access all the material here. Today is the sixtieth anniversary of the Robbins Report of October 1963. The Robbins Review report was published 60 years ago this October. The Times Were A-Changin! A Capital Idea?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I was well into my administrative career the first time I heard someone use the term “soft money.” ” It didn’t mean what I thought it meant. I thought it connoted something vaguely sinister, like a slush fund. It doesn’t.

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HEPI

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s a wrap! But it fully justified our (costly) decision to go on tour in person. But in this blog here and now, I want to look at the main differences between the four events. HEPI Director Nick Hillman sums up the discussions heard during the last fortnight’s HEPI / London Economics / Nuffield Foundation events across the UK.

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HEPI

JULY 30, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by John Raftery, interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton, and Gemma Kay, University of Wolverhampton, Aspire to HE. We refer to specific student characteristics, which make it less likely those pupils will consider higher education. What do we mean by ‘disadvantaged’?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer Many in higher education talk frequently of how flaws in transfer and credit mobility cost students time and money, but how that plays out is not well articulated. Transition point: Students seek to efficiently submit evidence of the quality of their previous work and learning experiences (e.g.,

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HEPI

JANUARY 9, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Jeff Frank, Professor of Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and Norman Gowar, Professor Emeritus at the University of London. HEPI has published the third version of its analysis of the economic benefits of our universities hosting overseas students. of undergraduates and 45.4%

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sarah R. Fitzgerald , an assessment and planning librarian at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, reached out to me after reading my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? She also had some interesting things to say about the changing structure of academic library careers.

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Coursera blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Motivation and self-awareness skills have to do with knowing your potential and constantly seeking to fulfill it. In the workplace, employers are likely thinking about these skills in terms of your professional development , but it can also apply to emotional and mental circumstances, particularly when you’re in leadership.

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HEPI

JANUARY 24, 2024

T his HEPI blog was authored by Vivienne Stern, Chief Executive of Universities UK, as an adaption of a speech she gave in response to a lecture by the Hon. It is an argument I have heard many times throughout the two decades that I have worked in higher education policy and politics. By 2022 it was 40%.

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HEPI

AUGUST 31, 2023

This blog was kindly authored by Dr Jo Grady , General Secretary of the University and College Union (UCU). It is a response to HEPI’s new report, ‘ Because you’re worth it – are vice-chancellors worth the pay they get?’ , by Lucy Haire.

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HEPI

AUGUST 31, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by John Rushforth, Executive Secretary of the Committee of University Chairs , writing in a personal capacity. Discussions on vice-chancellors’ pay are not something I particularly enjoy. I was particularly pleased with the Report’s call for less divisive rhetoric.

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University Business

APRIL 20, 2023

If we’ve learned anything by year three of surveying higher ed students on their financial and technology habits, it’s that calling today’s students the mobile generation is accurate. Similarly, usage of smartphone apps to make payments also remains high at 72 percent.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation In an email response to my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? To make amends and to learn some things, I wrote these questions about academic libraries and librarians and asked if David would consent to share some of his thoughts. First, I’d like to ask you about careers.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Reading about Western Connecticut State University’s financial trammels and its president’s ouster provoked thought and questions. How much do people understand about higher education finance? It’s a bad idea. At some point, the money will run out.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I’ll admit that I started reading “ Mission Critical ,” the new Community College Survey of Student Engagement report about unmet basic needs among community college students, thinking I knew what to expect. Which, in retrospect, it shouldn’t have been.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Professor Andrew Comrie reached out after reading my piece, How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? About three-quarters of the materials budget goes to ongoing subscriptions, the bulk of which are scholarly journals, while the other quarter is spent on one-time acquisitions, such as new books.

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HESA

MAY 24, 2023

In the final scenes of the 1991 movie The Russia House , as Sean Connery is about to give “the shopping list” – a comprehensive list of questions about Soviet rocket technology – to what MI6 and the CIA believe is a potential Russian defector, there’s a conversation between a young agent and Edward Fox, who plays Sean Connery’s handler. “

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Best Advice Received Great advice can come from anywhere, whether it’s a mentor, a family member, or even an adversary. Great advice might ring true from the moment we hear it, or it might be borne out by experience, leading to an “aha!” moment when we realize, “Hey, they were right about that!” Don't burn bridges.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon. Ask me about the best players in the world, and I'll talk about Sophia Smith, Mallory Pugh, Rose Lavelle, Trinity Rodman, Alex Morgan, and of course, Megan Rapinoe. Published in October of 2022.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. “It is stunning to me that the University’s position is that there is just one acceptable monolithic narrative, and all those that don’t agree, even people born over 200 years ago, must be cancelled,” he wrote. ” Thomas C.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America by Philip Bump Published in January 2023 Why are so many conversations about the future of higher education so pessimistic? Together, we could list many reasons to worry about the future of higher education.

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HEPI

APRIL 12, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Jo Richards, Senior Insight Lead at UCAS. The cost of living is the topic at the top of everyone’s minds over the past year, and it is likely to be with us for a while. Indeed, main scheme UK applications for deferred entry represented 3.4%

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HEPI

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Christopher Smith , Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. It is a relative latecomer then, and the complex articulation of a three-cycle process (undergraduate, masters, doctorate) through the Bologna Process is even more recent, and dates to the end of the 20 th century.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Blog: Just Visiting In a recent Inside Higher Ed piece, Jeremy Weissman calls ChatGPT a “plague upon education,” analogizing it to COVID, saying that this plague “threatens our minds more than our bodies.” ” I don’t think much of the notion that ChatGPT is a plague akin to COVID.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Over the coming months, HEPI is partnering with the Unite Foundation to provide a platform for a series of blogs on supporting care leavers and estranged students in higher education. When we aim for universities, conservatoires or colleges – and when we make it – we face two major barriers.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is laying off 13,000 employees. Twitter is parting ways with half its staff of 7,500. It is distressingly simple to come up with scenarios where many colleges and universities might need to resort to downsizing to stay financially viable. We aren’t.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the trouble is, I don’t know which half.”. Clear goals eliminate confusion about where your spend should be allocated: if it helps meet the goal, keep it! If not, think critically about whether it’s worth the money. Judge lead performance harshly.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Andrew Boggs, Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies and University Clerk at Kingston University. All things being equal, one could assume the Bill will receive Royal Assent at some point this spring.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The state of Florida is conducting a master class in how not to have civil debate. So it came as a blessed relief this week to see a relevant, civil, on-point scholarly debate play out in a relatively public venue. It’s about completion scholarships. A few thoughts.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This blog was written by Izzy Cresswell. As it stands, the two do not share the same world. As it stands, the two do not share the same world. A label which is all encompassing. When someone is facing hardship, very quickly everything about what makes a person human is forgotten. Homelessness is a noun.

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In this blog we delve into the survey findings, highlighting the importance of equitable access to AI in education and suggesting practical approaches to bridge the gap. In the first UK-wide survey since its launch, HEPI and UCAS polled 1,250 undergraduate students to discover their attitudes towards generative AI tools.*

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean When Diane Auer Jones announced at a Middle States conference in 2019 that the federal Department of Education had broken the geographic monopolies of regional accreditors, I predicted that “all manner of shenanigans [would] ensue.” It was an exercise in bullying.

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