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Labour’s education policy is brave, but can they fund it?

HEPI

What’s striking is just how much of the overall structure of the current school policy landscape Labour seem willing to retain. It offers a powerful critique of an education system which isn’t working anywhere near well enough. The post Labour’s education policy is brave, but can they fund it?

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It’s not just about the right qualifications: we also need the right careers support to boost productivity

HEPI

This blog was contributed by Andrew Croydon, Director of Skills & Education Policy and Examinations at the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). A new government, but the same old debate. How many students should go to university, and what courses should they study when they’re there?

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Flexing the future of higher ed: Embracing flexible learning pathways for access, quality and equity

University Business

Yet, this developing flexibility is underdeveloped in many community colleges where technical and in-person training is staunchly preserved. Smaller universities and community colleges are tapping into this power by ensuring that credible and high-performing instructors are teaching the best courses that are tightly aligned to industry.

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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

Inside Higher Ed

The criteria, which were expected to be finalized later this month following consultation, clarify the rules for international universities setting up Indian campuses, a shift first announced in the 2020 National Education Policy (NEP). “I could see a symbiotic relationship between foreign capital and Hindutva ideology.

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30 years on: what do polytechnics teach us about transcending the vocational/ academic divide in today’s higher education landscape?

HEPI

Formed between 1969 and 1973, England’s polytechnics offered higher education courses in vocational areas. Created through mergers of colleges of technology, art, commerce and other specialist institutions, they offered full-time, sandwich and part-time courses. Get our updates via email.

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

HEPI

The review made a series of recommendations which have provided a reference point for comment on UK Government higher education policy ever since. This article looks back at the report and considers what the lessons might be for politicians, officials and higher education leaders contemplating a future review. and Johnson, J.

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Higher Education in Ireland

HESA

Today we are talking all things Irish higher education, and joining us as our expert guide to the terrain is Ellen Hazelkorn, principal at BH Associates, a Higher Education consultancy in Ireland, a Professor Emerita at the Technological University of Dublin and one of the sharpest all-around minds in European higher education.