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International graduate elected mayor of UK city

The PIE News

.” A lecturer himself who had studied in the US as an agricultural engineer, her father sadly passed away in 2019 and Marshall-Katung felt compelled to fulfil his wishes of studying abroad. “I At that point in time, I knew going for further education in the UK was just something I needed to do.”

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Edtech’s inclusive play: esports, preparing talent for the future of work

The PIE News

When the further education provider embraced first embraced esports in 2019 it was because “we saw an industry that was absolutely huge” “Over 90% of children and young people were playing games but actually this is an industry that included lots of different skills, professional skills, communication,” he continues.

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Key Facts and Figures about the Graduate Technical workforce

HEPI

Specifically, the proportion of men in the three most prevalent groups of the technical workforce, ‘science, engineering and production technicians’, ‘IT technicians’ and ‘architectural technicians’, is much higher than that of women (5.0, percentage points, respectively). per cent); to have graduated from a post-1992 university (55.3

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Australian TNE looks to India as countries recognise qualifications

The PIE News

India’s International Financial Services Centres Authority, which announced the Deakin campus, said the centre will offer courses in Financial Management, FinTech, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

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Looking to the future for our technical community

HEPI

Technical staff play a vital role in sustainable innovations , engineering, and domestic and international research in science, and they prop up our creative industries. Why it’s a great time to be a technician in higher education and research’ , HEPI blog, 28 September 2022. It is therefore critical that the sector responds now.

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Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

SRHE

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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Is the future tertiary?

HEPI

Creating a parity of esteem between Further Education and Higher Education, or between ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’, is often suggested as a good idea to improve skills shortages, achieve levelling up and promote economic growth. But won’t this dilute what HE is for?

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