The PIE News

JANUARY 30, 2024

As well as rejoining the scheme, Erasmus+ funding should be reinstated to further education colleges and community organisations. The Conservative government said it would raise immigration fees – including for international students – to fund public sector pay rises last year.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

OfS will register providers without degree-awarding powers or ‘university title’, and may include ‘academies’ for 16-19 year-olds and Further Education Colleges. The Further Education and Training Act (2007) s.19 19 permitted FE colleges (but only FE colleges) to award their own Foundation Degrees.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

When the Tories committed to cutting spending on higher education through increasing tuition fees, why did they not use some of the money saved to increase spending on further education (technical and vocational education) and nursery education?

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The Guardian - Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As the Treasury attempts to balance the budget, government departments are on standby to identify spending cuts, but the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said any attempt to reduce spending in the 16-18 sector would “sit uncomfortably” with the government’s stated commitment to focus on skills and economic growth.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Those whose views were sought came from a further education college (FEC) located in the East Midlands. Yet, their HE progression rates are typically lower than those reported by schools and sixth form colleges ( GOV.UK, 2023 ). Online sources of information were also discussed, including the UCAS website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The burden of student loan debt limits future finances of graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). As such, college education is not fulfilling the promise of being a great equalizer and closing wealth gaps, according to a recent report.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Scottish government has released its first comprehensive International Education Strategy, promising plans to attract more staff and activity to promote universities and colleges internationally. “Scotland already has more top universities per head of population than any other country in the world,” Dey said.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I spent nearly 40 years working in further education colleges and Birkbeck was my role model for second-chance learners. Four years later, I had my degree and a PGCE. From 1980, I was developing access courses to break down the barriers for adults to get to university.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The vice principal for curriculum at RNN Group, which runs three colleges in and around Rotherham in the UK, details the impact on students he has enrolled on esports courses. And the opportunity has already been picked up by international education. At least 170 colleges and universities in the US now have esports options.

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The PIE News

MAY 29, 2023

In a joint statement , Cambridge University and the Cambridge branch of the University and College Union, warned that academic strikes could mean that international students are unable to apply for post-study graduate visas on completion of their course. “It The issue was discussed in Scottish parliament on May 18.

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HEPI

MAY 17, 2023

GuildHE is launching a new report today ‘ Tackling the Climate Crisis ’ which provides an in depth insight into how smaller and specialist universities and colleges within the UK are engaging with the issue at an institutional level. 53% said that their strategy was aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 31, 2024

It is a major study destination with four universities and several colleges within the city limits. At that point in time, I knew going for further education in the UK was just something I needed to do.” Leeds is the UK’s fourth largest city and second largest civic authority serving a population of over 800,000 people.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The new SRH International College will be based at SRH University campus in Heidelberg. I am confident that students joining SRH International College will enjoy a positive and rewarding experience,” he said. The college will begin welcoming its first international students from October next year.

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The PIE News

MAY 7, 2023

But, after the Scottish government reversed a decision to allocate £46m to colleges and universities “without warning” on May 3, there is pressure on the government – and its new leader Humza Yousaf – to release a plan on how it plans to fund higher education in Scotland.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Various guidance documents prepared by the HE regulator, both for individual higher education providers ( OfS, 2023b ), and Uni Connect, the government funded collaborative outreach programme ( OfS, 2022 ), set out a rationale for this focus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2023

As Americans’ perception of higher education continues to slide , research is showing that the youngest are the most skeptical. colleges, 14 points lower than the rate of Baby Boomers. It’s just so expensive to go to college,” she said. “A The survey showed that Gen Z wants blend to school and work.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The polytechnics were designated in the 1960s as new institutions formed from existing technical and other colleges within the English further education system, and with one in Wales. In the 1960s Britain was facing an increase in demand for higher education and these new institutions would help meet this demand.

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The PIE News

JULY 3, 2023

This study demonstrates the increasing importance of international schools and agents Some 12% of applicants applied through agents, while around 6% of non-UK domiciled applicants applied through schools or further education colleges in the UK and a further 4% were studying at UK pathway programs, according to UCAS data.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. While the current educational landscape for incarcerated students may be sparse, this wasn’t always the case.

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The PIE News

APRIL 14, 2023

Institutions also face additional challenges due to shifting student demographics, changing priorities for high school graduates and more further education options opening up for them, the company continued. The post XEquals envisions ‘game-changing’ conversion appeared first on The PIE News.

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Today's Learner

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Whether applying for jobs, further education or internships, students can readily share their digital badges, eliminating the need for physical documents. million college students annually. They seamlessly integrate with e-portfolios, allowing students to curate a comprehensive collection of their achievements.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Further expansion of YMS is not the only thing high on the government policy wish list of stakeholders, with many eagerly looking to the next elected government to restore work rights for all students studying on student visas, including those at further education colleges and private language centres.

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HEPI

AUGUST 31, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Alice Wilby , Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Access, Participation and Student Experience) at University College Birmingham. There are many FE colleges on the OfS register, with many more delivering HE through franchise arrangements and Institutes of Technology.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This is a particular challenge for newer institutions, such as further education colleges that deliver higher education. Some 15,000 UK academics have left the industry since 2014, while the number of students has increased by more than 400,000, pushing up student-staff ratios drastically. to 17 between 2014 and 2021.

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HEPI

APRIL 2, 2024

By tracking learners who participated in outreach whilst at school or college, and accessing data from HESA, we are able to see whether participants went on to enter higher education. Differences in higher education participation were +12.5

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HEPI

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We’ve done this at London South Bank University (LSBU) over the past three years by creating LSBU Group which for the first time created a partnership between a university, a further education college, a University Technical College (14-19 year-olds) and a University Academy (11-19 year-olds).

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In both instances, the principal aim was to understand better the challenges to HE progression faced by those on advanced level applied and professional courses (including BTECs) at a Midlands based further education (FE) college. The follow-up focused on two further subject areas. Research versus evaluation activities.’

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HEPI

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Alternative Providers are described by HESA as higher education providers who do not receive recurrent funding from the Office for Students (previously HEFCE) or another public body and who are not further education colleges. APs are able to operate profitably due in large part to smaller, more ‘targeted’ cost bases.

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HEPI

JANUARY 16, 2023

GuildHE is an officially recognised representative body for UK Higher Education. Our members include universities, university colleges, further education colleges and specialist institutions.

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University Business

MARCH 20, 2023

With high inflation, failing banks and rounds of layoffs across industries, many colleges and universities may be concerned about what kind of job market their graduating students will face. sought further education, which led to a 98.9% Another 21.1% graduate placement rate. More from UB: Undergrad credential earners fall 1.6

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HESA

APRIL 20, 2023

You’ve got universities, and institutes of technology, and technological universities, constituent colleges, college of Education. Can you explain a little bit how Irish Higher Education is structured to an international audience? The universities, the Trinity College? What are the key pieces? EH: Arguably.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 20, 2023

This is where Student Success in Higher Education peeps in. An Inside Higher Ed survey report on student success says that only 55% of college-going students receive support for degree completion. What is Student Success in higher education?

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EAB

APRIL 17, 2023

Petersburg College and Monroe College ) reporting bachelor’s-level completions under the CIP code 52.2211 (“Health Services Administration”) and three reporting completions under 52.0701 (“Health Care/Health Management Administration”): Purdue University Global , Florida International University , and University of Central Florida.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Tertiary, further education and college providers increased from 5,872 in Q3 2021 to 9,591 in the latest quarter for 2022, independent school remained stable, from 8,929 to 8,954, and English language schools rose from 2,997 to 4,854 in Q3 2022.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Nevertheless, we know that most young people interact with education settings at least until the age of 18, meaning that higher and further education settings can be primary actors in driving change. In 2022, we undertook a co-produced piece of research, The Estranged Young People Project, with seven EYP.

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HEPI

AUGUST 25, 2023

Additionally, and as Ellen Hazelkorn describes, the nexus of Brexit and ‘Global Britain’ have had profound effects on the sector (again for good or bad) and others which are slightly under the radar (for example, at least in England, the separation of further education and higher education as Andrea Laczik and Josh Patel describe).

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