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Are Universities ‘How the World Became Rich’?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin Published in May 2022 The core questions at the heart of much of the social sciences are about inequality. The graph below shows GDP per capita (in constant 2011 dollars) from 1000 to 2018 for China, the U.S.

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Rankings and the line of best fit – the ultimate guide or a blunt instrument?

The PIE News

A recent Navitas survey of 880 agents found that 80% of respondents from China said that ranking featured as top priority for families, compared with 58% of respondents from North Asia, 50% from South East Asia and 45% from Central Asia. And it’s not only in China where rankings have become ingrained in policy.

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?WEEKEND READING: Shifts in global demand for UK higher education and their implications

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Janet Ilieva, Founder and Director at Education Insight, and Vangelis Tsiligiris, an Associate Professor at the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University. There were almost 680,000 international students in 2021/22, 12% more than the previous year. almost 14,000 fewer students).

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The Robbins Review – Lessons for the Future by Professor Huw Morris

HEPI

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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Working together to maximise the sector’s impact: What we need from Government in 2023 – ?By Sarah Stevens of the Russell Group

HEPI

This blog was kindly contributed by Sarah Stevens, Director of Policy at the Russell Group (@ RussellGroup). Reforms following the post-Augar consultation earlier this year are still in the pipeline and have the potential to radically reshape parts of the sector.

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Assessing individual research performance

HEPI

In some occupations, the parameters for such review are relatively easy to derive. Salespeople can be assessed based on how much they sell, recruitment consultants can be assessed based on how many people they recruit, and manufacturers can be assessed on the basis of how many products they make. It is understandable why this should be the case.

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Can the HE sector just carry on as it is now??

HEPI

Today’s HEPI blog is the text of a speech by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to a joint meeting of the Senate and Council at Lancaster University. On there, you will see a new blog entry by one of your own Professors, Paul Ashwin, Head of Department here for Educational Research.

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