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

University Business

Expanding access opportunities improves the capacity of higher education systems to accommodate an increasing student population and address the unique challenges faced by disadvantaged students. This evolution demands our attention to technology’s transformative power, thus perpetuating a proverbial pivot.

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The Polytechnics legacy – continuing to break down the academic/vocational divide in the twenty-first century

SRHE

by Kat Emms For two years Edge Foundation has been drawing together lessons from past education policies. Offering sub-degree qualifications and more flexible modes of study supported access to higher education for those who would otherwise not have had such opportunities.

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Challenges facing women in post-study jobs, retraining and skills following the pandemic

HEPI

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.

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Higher education in London

HEPI

I was given the Fellowship in honour of my work on higher education policy and the-then Chair of QM, Sir Nick Montagu, gave a very nice speech about my career to that date. I am also lucky to be an Honorary Fellow of this institution. The Award ceremony was in the middle of the last decade, during a regular graduation ceremony.

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University of California system bans fully online degrees

Inside Higher Ed

” Cocco, who also serves as chair of the university committee on educational policy, agreed. She also cited concerns that online courses are afflicted with technology problems that in-person classes do not have. Further, technology can be leveraged to decrease students’ stress, according to the survey.

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