Coursera blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions such as Riphah were faced with unprecedented challenges. Much like its counterparts worldwide, Riphah recognized the urgency of embracing digital transformation to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on its academic operations.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Natalie Forster, Research Fellow in Applied Health and Social Care at Northumbria University. The idea of ‘raising aspirations’ has long been recognised as problematic in the field of widening participation.

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SRHE

APRIL 25, 2023

by Rob Cuthbert, SRHE News Editor The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has decided to investigate the OfS. The first three questions nail it: Are the OfS’ statutory duties clear and appropriate? How closely does the OfS’ regulatory framework adhere to its statutory duties?

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HEPI

APRIL 29, 2024

This longer HEPI blog was kindly authored by John Raftery, Principal at John Raftery & Associates , and Susan Lea, Founder and Principal at Sagewood Consulting. HEPI is hosting a webinar on student maintenance support next Thursday 9th May to mark the launch of a major new report. You can sign up here.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

With the rise of generative AI, this change is happening at an even more accelerated pace – up to 49% of workers could have half or more of their tasks exposed to large language models. We’re also excited to welcome 16 new partners to the Coursera community.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 12, 2023

The Role of Technology in Enhancing the Effectiveness of the CBCS in Higher Education editor Thu, 07/13/2023 - 01:57 In higher education, the adoption of the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) has gained significant momentum, aiming to provide students with a flexible and comprehensive learning experience.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

That’s the primary message of a recent report published by the Resolution Foundation and Centre for Economic Performance at LSE. Naturally, one of the questions being increasingly asked of the UK higher education sector is how it is helping to resolve some of the latter issues.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 21, 2023

Promoting a Positive Campus Culture: Using Behavior Management in Higher Education editor Mon, 08/21/2023 - 03:15 In the dynamic realm of higher education, fostering a positive campus culture is not only desirable but essential for academic excellence and holistic student development.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

As we approach the fall semester we also approach the start of the first full academic year in a generative AI, ChatGPT world. Clearly campuses are struggling to make sense of AI and its impact on higher education. Our report closed with a number of recommendations which you can find outlined in our July 20 th blog.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 19, 2023

T his post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. The proposals of the Robbins Report on Higher Education considered the role of providers of tertiary education.

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HEPI

MAY 14, 2024

Next Tuesday 21st May, we are hosting a webinar discussing non-continuation in UK universities, following the publication of a HEPI Policy Note on the issue. This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor James Tooley , Vice Chancellor at the University of Buckingham. You can sign up to the webinar here.

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 2, 2023

Today’s blog explores Regular and Substantive Interaction through a learning science-based approach to course design and instruction. According to Dr. Lara Boyd (2015) ,a neuroscientist and physical therapist at the University of British Columbia, “Every time you learn a new fact or skill, you change your brain.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In HEPI’s 20th Anniversary Collection , Dr Mark Corver, Managing Director and co-founder of dataHE , set out the status quo of university funding. Commenting on that piece, he wrote: ‘With the existing system now deep in crisis, policymakers might well find a rapid and bold resetting of the system is worth the risk.’

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SRHE

JULY 11, 2022

Boris Johnson had Churchillian aspirations, and it was Churchill who supposedly first said in the 1940s: “never let a good crisis go to waste”, in the context of the formation of the United Nations. First, take stock of the damage to the machinery of government, both in the Department for Education and the Office for Students.

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