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Institutional autonomy: does it need an ‘academic community’?

HEPI

Publishing its Second Report in July 2012, the Lords’ Science and Technology Committee said it had ‘received substantial written evidence on the recent HE reforms’. OfS will register providers without degree-awarding powers or ‘university title’, and may include ‘academies’ for 16-19 year-olds and Further Education Colleges.

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Australian TNE looks to India as countries recognise qualifications

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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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Choosing between earning and learning: a new report on the experiences of estranged students in higher education

HEPI

Nevertheless, we know that most young people interact with education settings at least until the age of 18, meaning that higher and further education settings can be primary actors in driving change. This is either because EYP do not have the technology, stability at home or mental wellness to truly engage.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Akram followed through, was accepted and was offered a $20,000 scholarship. Instead, he found and enrolled at the University of the People, which offered him a full scholarship to pay for the (minimal) course assessment fees at this otherwise tuition-free university. Now, she is finishing her last course toward an M.B.A.

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Three practical steps universities can take to increase accessibility and advance student diversity

QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

Comparing the GDP of a region or city with its employment rate shows how much money is being generated by what kinds of jobs – could residents of university age benefit from further education? In comparison, respondents from Nigeria valued ‘it’s welcoming to international students’ the most.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The award of doctorates in Divinity had ceased to depend on advanced scholarship, and had often became more or less honorific as new Bishops began to be granted an automatic Doctorate of Divinity. Teaching-only’, ‘Teaching and Scholarship’ and ‘Teaching-focussed’ academic jobs have become increasingly common.

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Strikes disrupt undergraduate learning anew

Inside Higher Ed

And when fall grades will be determined, and by whom, have been open questions at both the New School and UC—which is particularly worrisome to students who rely on grade point averages to maintain scholarships and U.S. visa statuses. Learning at the New School. “Some students are in dire need,” Yang said.

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