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AIRC announces 2023 Sir Cyril Taylor recipients

The PIE News

The American International Recruitment Council has announced the 2023 recipients of the Sir Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Study in the US. Nine US HEIs will receive up to $10,000 to award scholarships to disadvantaged or underrepresented students from the UK to enrol at their institution during the 2023/24 academic year.

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Academic Libraries Leading the Way in Accessibility

Insight Into Diversity

The inaugural Insight Into Diversity Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award recognizes academic libraries who are advancing programs and initiatives that support DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in areas such as research, accessibility, community outreach, technology, exhibitions, and collections.

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Scottish sector reacts to new int’l education strategy

The PIE News

In announcing the strategy, Scotland is demonstrating it continues to be a welcoming and inclusive nation for international students and to development of partnerships for research and innovation.” . “It’s a good rhetoric to the current political climate from the Scottish government.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These policies aimed to counteract systemic disadvantages by considering race, ethnicity, and other factors in admissions processes. Removing this critical tool for addressing historical inequities and promoting diversity requires institutions to adapt their approaches to fostering inclusion.

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Equitable Pedagogy with Dr. Michel Estefan

Continuous Learning Institute

The focus of the episode is the article, From Inclusive to Equitable Pedagogy: How to Design Course Assignments and Learning Activities That Address Structural Inequalities (Scroll down to access the transcript.) We call the first academic inequities, the second, resource disadvantages, and the third, cultural discrimination." "I

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Benefits of staying on at university by Professor Wendy Thomson

HEPI

In their ten-year review , the Unite Foundation found that students who received a Unite Foundation scholarship progressed from their first to the second year of university at the same percentage as non-care leavers. This will bolster the University of London Scholars programme , adding a further £185,000 over the next three years.

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How striving for a DEI award keeps one senior diversity officer on track

University Business

The Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award recognizes universities with an outstanding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)—especially those that have made DEI part of the holistic fabric of their campus. But if tenure review fails to properly weight that service, these populations are at a disadvantage.