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Higher ed policies drive layoffs and cuts in the UK, Australia and Canada

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“The government is intent on attacking migrants and harming universities, but it is scandalous that university managers are willing to destroy the livelihoods of their staff based on mere projections of future international recruitment levels,” University and College Union general secretary Jo Grady told The PIE.

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As microcredentials boom, employers' hiring platforms fumble

Inside Higher Ed

“There’s valuable educational and skill information hiding in plain sight with regard to some of these candidates,” said Sean Gallagher, executive professor of educational policy at Northeastern University and a co-author of the study. “Why do these systems not call for more detailed information?

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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.

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Radical proposals in leader’s conference speech

SRHE

In this way we can also prevent further recruitment to rip-off courses which prepare students for their future employment in our low-wage economy [Speechwriter’s note: you may need to rephrase this bit]. Just the best education system in the Western world. But we will go further towards this vision.

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Unpacking Financial Disincentives and Driving Beyond the Short-Term Reward Mind-Set

Inside Higher Ed

Psychology explains that humans frequently make decisions guided by short-term rewards rather than long-term rewards, and they are likely to discount delayed events. Therefore, in the postsecondary education arena, institutional decision-makers respond to short-term budgeting rewards.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

Investment in human capital has been mostly ignored. What is clear is that the pattern of student recruitment to universities has changed. Levelling up has so far been conceived essentially as an exercise of capital investment in towns and cities; universities’ contributions have been largely in science parks and innovation hubs.

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What do students think about value for money?

SRHE

Prospective university students were in a similar position, being expected to make a cost-conscious decision about their degree education with limited understanding of their options. Students were recruited through online and on-campus campaigns that were run in the autumn of 2019/20. Email: k.gruzdeva@bham.ac.uk.