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The Robbins Review – Lessons for the Future by Professor Huw Morris

HEPI

The review made a series of recommendations which have provided a reference point for comment on UK Government higher education policy ever since. This article looks back at the report and considers what the lessons might be for politicians, officials and higher education leaders contemplating a future review. Hillman, N.

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The Value of Higher Education in Developed Economies

HEPI

Never mind that the 50% target he refers to relates to tertiary education, I am certain he is not alone in believing that too many people go to university. It is an argument I have heard many times throughout the two decades that I have worked in higher education policy and politics. Our job must be to examine the evidence.

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The Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain: Ensuring Quality and Excellence in Higher Ed Institutions

Creatrix Campus

The HEC is a government-affiliated organization that was established to oversee the development of the higher education sector in Bahrain. The HEC's primary role is to evaluate and accredit higher education institutions and programs, providing students with a reliable benchmark for the quality of their education.

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Can the HE sector just carry on as it is now??

HEPI

Back to the future I hope you will let me begin with some history. The full text of what Baker said that day has generally been very hard to get hold of, though I am pleased to say you can find it on the HEPI website along with other hard-to-find and important historical documents on higher education policy.

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SRHE News at 50: Looking back…

SRHE

In sum, we seem to be edging closer to repeating the history of rail privatisation. It may not be Virgin territory, but is higher education on the right track?” (No No 46 English higher education policy: hope and pay ). No 48 Tunnel vision: higher education policy and the Office for Students ).

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Was 2022 a bumper year for books about education?

HEPI

Peter Hitchens, A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System – This book is not primarily about higher education but is rather about selective schooling, which is a major feeder for selective universities. Maybe not a new Robbins report but something close.

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How federal and state policies gauge colleges' value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

McCann: You certainly see it in the history around the policy, if not, in the Higher Education Act itself. You can read back at why the Pell Grant was created, why the student loan program was created, and see that the policy makers’ intent was for those dollars help students go to college.

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