Next Term Should I go to university this year? (BBC, 19/06/2020) The deadline for students to decide whether or not to accept university offers for the new academic year passed on Thursday. Uni deadline day: ‘Covid changed my whole future’ (BBC, 18/06/2020) Video lectures and no freshers’ week make for[…]
Read More »HE Policy Student and consumer protection (OfS, 10/06/2020) The OfS has published guidance for registered providers about how we will approach the regulation of student protection during the period of disruption resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Letter to the Education Select Committee (29 May 2020) (OfS, 11/06/2020) The letter provides information[…]
Read More »HE Policy Row over cap on English students at Scottish universities (BBC, 02/06/2020) The UK government is to impose “student number controls” to prevent “over-recruitment” by some institutions. University cap ‘won’t see English student raid’ (BBC, 02/06/2020) English universities will not be able to “raid” Welsh institutions for students under UK government[…]
Read More »HE Policy ‘Concern’ at English university student cap plan (BBC, 29/05/2020) “Deep concern” has been raised over plans to cap English student numbers at Welsh universities in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Philip Augar: ‘Negative grants’ could target ‘over-supplied courses’ (THE, 26/05/2020) With £7,500 tuition fees off the agenda, new strategies to[…]
Read More »HE Policy Outcomes based regulation doesn’t work in a pandemic. Or a select committee. (WonkHE, 18/05/2020) It’s not just Grant Shapps who wants to know more about higher education in the autumn. Jim Dickinson watches a whole committee of MPs try to get answers from the Office for Students. Students ‘must[…]
Read More »HE Policy Analysis of level 6 and 7 apprenticeships – Office for Students (OfS, 13/05/2020) This report highlights key changes in the apprenticeship landscape since 2016-17 at levels 6 and 7. Full tuition for online courses questioned (PIE, 11/05/2020) Full tuition will be charged if UK unis remain closed and[…]
Read More »2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and 12 May 2020 was International Nurses Day. The International Council of Nurses has produced two important reports that are free to download: State of the World’s Nursing Report – 2020 Nurses a Voice to Lead: Nursing the World to[…]
Read More »Meeting Friday 8 May 2020 Background: The 16th Innovations in Education Colloquium had been planned to be held in Brescia during May 2020 with delegates and presenters arriving from around the world. With the widespread restraints arising from Covid-19, alternative arrangements have now been made for a virtual meeting via[…]
Read More »HE Policy Provider guide to coronavirus (OfS, 04/05/2020) Financial questions, unconditional offers, and potential sanctions. Further Comment: Consultation on new regulatory condition (OfS, 04/05/2020) Regulator warns of penalties for recruitment practices that undermine student interests and stability of higher education (OfS, 04/05/2020) Government support package for universities and students (OfS,[…]
Read More »HE Policy OfS subjective fines proposal could cause legal disputes for the sector (THE, 18/04/2020) The approach to monetary penalties proposed by the UK’s Office for Students risks penalising well-run institutions Student Numbers, Admissions, and UCAS Further extension to moratorium on unconditional offer-making – Office for Students (OfS, 18/04/2020) This[…]
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