The PIE News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also sent a personal message to the winners recognising the ‘exceptional talent’ and the strength of the ‘special’ UK-India partnership. A member of the National People’s Party he comes from a political lineage.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Immigration fear is once again a central theme for a national election but this time students are being dragged into the political fray.

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HEPI

MAY 29, 2023

A Utility Equation is a mathematical construct, a formula doubtless known to Rishi Sunak and all who followed the discipline to Level 3 at 18. Last month, he demonstrated that he was not a ‘proper’ geographer. This article demonstrates that he is not a ‘proper’ economist.

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The PIE News

JULY 24, 2023

” It comes after some UK universities were accused by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak of offering “rip-off” degrees at the expense of the UK taxpayers. . “These courses would not be viable if it were not for international students.”

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The EU chief met UK prime minister Rishi Sunak in the UK on February 27 to agree a new Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. As soon as the Windsor Framework is implemented, EU president Ursula von der Leyen said work on the UK’s association to Horizon will start “immediately”.

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The PIE News

JULY 18, 2023

Along with changes to foundation courses to cut down on “rip-off” programs , UK PM Rishi Sunak announced that migrant fees would be increased “significantly” to raise over £1 billion to fund public sector pay rises. Zamayoa explained that the move seemed extremely political – i.e,

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HEPI

JUNE 28, 2023

Instead, extending free childcare to encourage parents back to work emerged from the Chancellor’s speech as the Department’s political priority. And with the split of BEIS and the creation of three new Departments by Rishi Sunak earlier this year, the question of where universities should sit has once again raised its head.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Despite the rejection, such sentiments continue to simmer, leading politicians to declare China ‘the greatest threat’ in 2022, and Rishi Sunak looking to close some 30 Confucius Institutes across the UK. A better China strategy must recognise the diversity within Chinese communities.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Former chief inspector of borders says Home Office does not appear to have identified any lessons from ‘this debacle’ In interviews this morning Gillian Keegan , the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Move coincides with financial difficulties for universities arising from high inflation and freezing of domestic tuition fees Warning of over-reliance on Chinese students Rishi Sunak may not go down in history as “the man who destroyed UK higher education,” as one former university leader put it, but the prime minister’s sabre rattling on international (..)

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

“We have worked with our EU partners to make sure that this is right deal for the UK, unlocking unparalleled research opportunities, and also the right deal for British taxpayers,” Sunak said after the deal was revealed today (September 7). . UK taxpayers will start contributing to the scheme again from January 2024.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

The proposed legislation aims to enforce ‘minimum service levels’ in six key public services Starmer says voters looked at Labour again in 2022. And he felt, “for the first time in a while that we could return their gaze with confidence”. But Labour must not rest on its laurels.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

The British PM may believe that compulsory maths is the key to education – but Asawa showed a different path, armed with little more than flour and water ‘Art will make people better, more highly skilled in thinking and improving whatever business or occupation one goes into. It makes a person broader.” So proclaimed Ruth Asawa in 1976.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Exclusive: Move penalises courses with a high proportion of working-class or minority ethnic students, critics say Rishi Sunak will force universities to limit the number of students taking “low-value” degrees in England, a measure which is most likely to hit working class and black, Asian and minority ethnic applicants.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

But higher education policy has become so overloaded with fallacious economic and cultural reasoning over recent years that we scarcely register the full absurdity of Rishi Sunak’s announcement this week that his government would crack down on “rip-off” university degrees. William Davies is a sociologist and political economist.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Article says Commons could bypass the parliamentary standards machinery after Labour leader says MP should be forced out Starmer says there is a massive mismatch between what the government is saying about how things are going well with the economy, and the lived experience of people.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 17, 2023

On that basis, one suspects that Oakeshott would have given short shrift to the dispiriting assumptions underlying Rishi Sunak’s proposed new crackdown on “low-value degrees” – a status to be defined principally by reference to earnings after graduation.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

Group issues 12-point plan calling for stricter immigration rules for care workers, students and refugees Rishi Sunak is facing demands from “red wall” Conservative MPs to slash the number of overseas care workers, foreign students and refugees allowed into the UK in time for the next election.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In a letter co-signed by 12 university vice-chancellors, Greening urged the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, to make the case against new restrictions on students said to be supported by Sunak in the wake of record levels of inward migration. Continue reading.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Siân Lawrence, Julian Preece, Chris Townsend, Ann Lynch and Richard Mountford on Rishi Sunak’s plan to cap student numbers for some university courses Rishi Sunak’s definition of a “low-value” degree – one that doesn’t lead to a graduate job, postgraduate studies or starting a business – has a very narrow focus ( Sunak to force English universities (..)

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 16, 2023

As revealed by the Guardian , Rishi Sunak will announce proposals on Monday to curb the numbers enrolling on so-called “low value” courses on the basis of data about each course’s graduate employment and dropout rates.

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HEPI

JUNE 19, 2023

Intriguingly, given the political upheavals of the past few years, the other issues I spoke to you about in the autumn of 2017 have not changed much. As the press keep pointing out, Rishi Sunak has no more than 18 months to pull back his party’s position in the polls. Incredibly, this is still not resolved six years on.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

PM Rishi Sunak campaigned to close Confucius Institutes in 2022 before making a u-turn this year. It made a raft of recommendations, including removing Chinese Students and Scholars Associations, the China Scholarship Council and Confucius Institutes from British universities. “These [funders] alone have contributed at least £7.3

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In a closing members’ discussion, we noted that higher education is connected to all of the big political topics of our moment, but rarely seems to be acknowledged by politicians as such. A new approach to politics and democracy. A new approach to growth and our economy.’

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 23, 2023

Prime minister’s spokesperson says he is gathering ‘all the facts’ before making a decision And here are some of the lines from what Rishi Sunak has been saying at the London defence conference. Sunak said the challenge posed by China should not lead to a “blanket descent into protectionism”.

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HEPI

APRIL 1, 2024

More recently, however, the target has been heavily criticised, including Rishi Sunak calling it a ‘false dream’ for young school and college leavers when too many degree courses did not lead to decently paid graduate careers. It will take bold politics to do this. The target has often been misrepresented.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Speaking at Prime Minister’s questions on Wednesday, Rishi Sunak responded to questions about this. “The The increase in incidents we’ve seen over the past week is utterly sickening and this government will do whatever it takes to keep our Jewish community safe,” Sunak said. “We SOAS did not respond to requests for comment.

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