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‘Being a girl is a heavy crime’: Afghan women in despair over university ban

The Guardian - Higher Education

Taliban prohibit female higher education indefinitely amid international condemnation It was late evening in Kabul, and Sabra*, a fourth-year medical student, saw a WhatsApp message appear on her phone. The country’s hardline Islamist rulers had already banned most female Afghan teenagers from secondary school education.

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Half of Hispanic students considered leaving college last year

University Business

Fifty percent of Hispanic students currently enrolled in a post-high school education program found it “very difficult” or “difficult” for them to remain in their program. The post Half of Hispanic students considered leaving college last year appeared first on University Business. Read more from Gallup.

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Oxbridge must help pupils from state schools succeed, college head says

The Guardian - Higher Education

Helen Mountfield, principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, hopes to raise £100m to help improve outcomes Oxbridge colleges need to actively help their state school-educated pupils succeed, rather than hope a “magical sorting hat” will uncover their talent, according to the head of an Oxford college who is looking to raise £100m to do just that.

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

SRHE

by Sir Adrian Webb The publication on 13 September 2023 of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report on the Office for Students drew attention to the financial challenges facing universities in the UK and to the challenges associated with regulating and overseeing these risks.

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Creating the Learner and Learning-Centered University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Today’s customer-centered colleges and universities are not the learner and learning-centered universities we need. A customer-centric college or university prioritizes its brand. Also, many received an uneven high school education and therefore require Academics 101 training and learning supports.

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Spare a thought for Britain’s new persecuted minority: the privately educated | Frances Ryan

The Guardian - Higher Education

They’re losing their grip on Oxbridge, and Labour threatens to strip elite schools of their charitable status. Buying a private-school education in the UK used to be enough to get into Oxbridge or at the very least become prime minister, but the tide may be (slightly) turning. Similar data from Oxford wasn’t available.)

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What can educators do with AI? – 101 Creative Ideas to Use AI in Education

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08 Dec – 1pm GMT Register here Image created with DAL-E 4 Chrissi Nerantzi Associate Professor Leeds University. Sandra Abegglen, Researcher, University of Calgary, Canada. Marianthi Karatsiori, Adjunct Lecturer (Pedagogy, Adult Education, ICT), University of Macedonia, Greece.