HESA

APRIL 20, 2023

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.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college. That may change—or not—depending on the outcome of UoPeople’s bid for accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), whose decision is expected this month. It’s a delicate balance.”

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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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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? Embrace Technology Leverage technology to enhance student learning and engagement.

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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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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

JULY 24, 2023

Labour’s thinking about higher education is set in the context of “pathways to good prospects for all” In terms of sheer word count, further education, and technical and vocational pathways attract more text than anything on higher education, and that’s not a bad thing.

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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. This is either because EYP do not have the technology, stability at home or mental wellness to truly engage.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It concluded that to ‘confer degree-giving powers on all the existing’ Further Education Colleges ‘would be inappropriate because of the number involved, the variation in their sizes and the diversity of standards’.

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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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HEPI

DECEMBER 4, 2022

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. In 1979, funds for advanced further education were capped.

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QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, the birth rate of an area reveals the number of residents of college age – in other words, what is the market size and where are they living? School data is also useful, such as pass rate and grade rates, as universities can work with certain schools to create a clear path to higher education. .

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many of these students’ college experiences already have been impacted by COVID-19, and this new disruption is especially challenging due to the internal nature of the conflict and the lack of clear guidance about how to proceed. ” The parent continued, “I just want to say, these are the wrong kids to do this to.

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HEPI

MARCH 5, 2023

These courses are skills-based, largely provided by Independent Training Providers (ITPs) and Further Education Colleges (FECs) across England, and include courses such as Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care. Repayment terms are identical to higher education undergraduate student loans. Students can borrow up to £11,356.37.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The event was introduced by the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Adult Education, Margaret Greenwood MP, who said that a gender pay gap and class ceiling in many sectors for disadvantaged women had been exacerbated by Covid, its aftermath and cost-of-living crisis – and this event was timely. Women accounted to just 6.7

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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

In all this lay the beginnings of an academic ‘research culture’, though well into the twentieth century the Fellows of Colleges did not usually have – or seek – doctorates. Vacancies’ for academic jobs commonly express a preference for a candidate to have a postgraduate degree but do not require it.

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HEPI

APRIL 1, 2024

Tony Blair’s commitment that his Labour government would achieve 50 per cent participation in higher education was made in 1999, although the participation rate did not start rising substantially until the coalition government of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats ended England’s student number controls in 2013. It is long overdue.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Cost of College: Rising tuition fees along with readily available loans fueled the debt crisis, as students borrowed more to cope with increasing costs. Cost Explosion and Predatory Lending (1990s-2000s): College costs skyrocketed due to various factors, including decreased state funding and increased administrative spending.

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