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ELT schools “won’t be affected” by VAT policy

The PIE News

The association’s public affairs team helped send a letter to the office of Sir Keir Starmer asking for ELT schools not to be included with private schools in the introduction of VAT fees. Labour’s policy would charge VAT on fees for registered independent schools. The team confirmed they received a reply in recent days.

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Delivering civic value to communities – the impact of UK universities’ social science research

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr. Ed Bridges , Head of Policy & Public Affairs at the Academy of Social Sciences. UK universities have increasingly had to speak the language of ‘impact’, which has become another addition to the sector’s lexicon of buzzwords.

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Hillary Clinton Joins Columbia University Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hillary Clinton will become a professor of practice in Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), effective Feb. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton – a former senator, First Lady, presidential candidate, and U.S.

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Dr. Matthew P. vandenBerg Appointed President of Ohio Wesleyan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

vandenBerg will become president of Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), effective Jul. in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Public Affairs with concentrations in nonprofit management and public policy analysis from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and a B.A.

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OLIVIA LAPEYROLERIE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Olivia Lapeyrolerie Olivia Lapeyrolerie has been appointed chief communications officer at the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research. Lapeyrolerie previously served as vice president at the public affairs and political consulting firm SKDK.

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Hillary Clinton to become global affairs professor at Columbia University

University Business

Columbia University announced Tuesday the hiring of Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a professor focusing on international affairs. She will serve as a professor of practice at the School of International and Public Affairs and as a presidential fellow at Columbia World Projects, according to a statement from Columbia U.

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Why it’s always time to speak up for international students

The PIE News

The whole sector came together – universities large and small, ancient and modern, comprehensive urban institutions and specialist providers – to speak with one voice. We needed to stand up to policy debates and the ethos that underpinned them. Previously she worked as Director of Public Affairs at the University of Sheffield.

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