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Funding the Higher Education Sector: More funding, with wiser spending

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Moss, Pro Vice Chancellor Education and Student Experience, London South Bank University and Chair, London Uni Connect. Regulators Committee expressed surprise at the university regulator’s assessment that our finances are “in good shape”. Data from 2020 shows we spend 2% of GDP on higher education.

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Forging Engineering Pathways

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Favour Nerrise Institution:   Stanford University Graduate Program:   Ph.D., Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Williams; S. Gordon Moore Jr.,

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Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism

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This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Emily MacLeod , Research Assistant, and Professor Louise Archer , Karl Mannheim Chair of Sociology of Education, at UCL. We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. These ‘Step Up!’ To request hard copies of these ‘Step-Up!’

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Furman University and 14 Others Collectively Awarded $8.625 Million to Improve Inclusion for STEM Students

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Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Furman will receive $931,600 of the $8.625.

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Weekend Reading: Increasing tuition fees linked to an institution’s TEF award

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We previously published a chapter by David Willetts , Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014, and another by Chloe Field , Vice President for Higher Education at the National Union of Students. 43 million a year for a midsized university like York with around 15,000 first-degree students.

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Higher Ed Leaders and Scholars Discuss Promises and Pitfalls of AI Tool Usage

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Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT can prove very valuable and promising in the realm of higher education but come with their own suite of issues that need to be considered, according to higher ed leaders and faculty who participated in a panel discussion on Wednesday. Roth, president of Wesleyan University. "We

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Unpacking the Pillars of Resistance Against DEI Initiatives

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The political landscape in Florida has recently witnessed some significant developments that pose a serious challenge to efforts aimed at promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at public colleges and universities. This decision aligns with the bill signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in May 2023.