Wonkhe
JANUARY 29, 2023
David Kernohan looks for the data and the constraints in the increasingly acrimonious New JNCHES system of higher education pay negotiation The post How pay negotiations work in UK universities appeared first on Wonkhe.
HEPI
JANUARY 29, 2023
This review of A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens has been kindly written for HEPI by Nick Bryars, who has taught in two different grammar schools and is currently Head of Economics and Business at a grammar school in Stratford. Last Friday, HEPI published an alternative review of the same book here , to which Peter Hitchens responded over the weekend here.
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Wonkhe
JANUARY 29, 2023
Shân Wareing says the process of compiling the TEF has brought focus, energy, and renewed pride in the work of her university. The post Michael Barber, an apology, or, how I learned to love the TEF appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 29, 2023
Blog: Learning Innovation In an email response to my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? ” David Lewis took me to task for not doing the necessary research to answer the questions posed. As David spent the last 40 years working as an academic librarian and the last 20 years as a library dean, his critique carries some weight.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 29, 2023
Is the TEF about recognising excellence, informing student choice, or raising the profile of teaching? Debbie McVitty explores its role in learning and teaching The post What is the Teaching Excellence Framework’s theory of change? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Leaders Building Leaders
JANUARY 29, 2023
Recently I was in a conversation with a group of school leaders and they were sharing how expensive a professional development quote was for their staff. I shared, well, If you think the price for training is expensive, just wait until you get the bill for incompetence. This is a common problem in the field of education. Schools will not invest in their people.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 29, 2023
The Teaching Excellence Framework is all about recognising excellence - or maybe informing student choice - or maybe about raising the profile of teaching. Debbie McVitty explores whether and how it's making learning and teaching better The post What is the Teaching Excellence Framework’s theory of change? appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Wonkhe
JANUARY 29, 2023
Students have been able to feed directly back to the regulator in this iteration of the TEF - but has it worked? Jim Dickinson wants to see you be brave The post Have students had the nerve to tell the truth about their experience? appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 29, 2023
Young people across the UK reflect on how the pandemic affected them – and continues to shape their futures In the next phase of the Guardian’s Covid Generation series, young people from across the UK continue to analyse how the pandemic is still affecting their lives and their plans for the future, 18 months after the end of the third national lockdown.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 29, 2023
Will this term's UCU strikes generate the win that staff (and students) want? Jim Dickinson is lost for words in the low countries. The post Can industrial action accelerate a resolution to the pay and pensions dispute? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 29, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Perhaps as an undergraduate you read Oscar Wilde’s mirthful, satiric essay “The Critic as Artist.” Subtitled “Upon the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything,” it contains some of Wilde’s most memorable quips and witticisms: An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 29, 2023
The process of compiling the TEF has brought focus, energy, and renewed pride, in our work as a University. The post Michael Barber, an apology, or, how I learned to love the TEF appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 29, 2023
Coalition fears DfE may break pledges that only small percentage of qualifications will be replaced by T-levels A coalition of former education ministers has attacked the UK government’s “disastrous” plan to scrap dozens of popular vocational qualifications and push students into taking its favoured new T-levels. David Blunkett, the former Labour education secretary , said he feared that widespread scrapping of qualifications such as BTecs from 2025 could backfire and pead to more 17 and 18-year
HEPI
JANUARY 29, 2023
This blog has been kindly contributed by Liz Allen, Director of Strategic Initiatives, F1000, and Victoria Gardner, Director of Policy, Taylor & Francis. We will be discussing the Policy Note at a webinar on Tuesday, 31 January. Find out more and sign up here. HEPI and Taylor & Francis have been exploring the theme of open access and research impact over the past year, informed by inputs from a range of experts and culminating in publication of a Policy Note at the end of 2022, Why open
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 29, 2023
‘Generational shift’ in share accommodation as housing crisis puts young people under ‘enormous pressure’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast When Amelia Grace Wilson-Williams started her university degree, she didn’t imagine it would be spent bunkering down in the family home. But when the undergrad law student at the University of Technology in Sydney began hunting for rental properties in which to live alone or share with fellow students, she realised it
Economics and Change in Higher Education
JANUARY 29, 2023
Over a third of higher education supervisors, 36%, are likely to look for a new job in the next year, according to a new survey from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, CUPA-HR. And only 40% said they were interested in finding employment opportunities at their current institution. Almost three-fourths of supervisors said the job expectations heaped upon them increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 29, 2023
In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. While I was familiar with the benefits of blended learning (e.g., flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
JANUARY 29, 2023
Fresno Pacific University students are speaking out amid university budget cuts. To save money the college is reducing faculty and staff, which means several university programs could also be at risk. It was a protest of "Tents and Togas" at Fresno Pacific university today. Tents to protest the loss of the Sierra program, a month long summer course for students in the Sierra Nevada, and togas in opposition to the university cutting the schools philosophy major.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 29, 2023
In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. While I was familiar with the benefits of blended learning (e.g., flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic.
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