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[…]
Read More »HE Policy UK government to tackle foreign interference at universities (PIE, 07/04/2020) The UK government will tackle foreign interference at British universities by working with Universities UK and by promoting diversification of international students, responding to a prior inquiry which cited a failure to protect academic freedom. Student Numbers, Admissions,[…]
Read More »HE Policy The government must protect universities in this crisis or job cuts will follow (Guardian, 03/04/2020) Staff in universities and colleges are already losing their jobs due to coronavirus – that’s why we need funding guarantees UCU calls on government to end ‘huge financial uncertainty’ for universities (UB, 02/04/2020)[…]
Read More »Members are informed that the Brescia 2020 Colloquium at Lake Garda scheduled for May this year has been postponed until 7-9 May 2021. The 2020 Travel Awards will also be carried over and recipients have been informed, Delegates are invited, as an alternative, to make short online presentations as a[…]
Read More »HE Policy So long, and thanks for all the TEF? (WonkHE, 15/04/2020) It seems that the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (the TEF) is now without a date for 2021. Student Numbers, Admissions, and Standards Predicted grades appeal system is not fair, ex-Ucas chief says as she warns it[…]
Read More »The webinar will last for approximately 30 minutes and will explore the findings from the forthcoming HEPI Policy Note ‘Open for business? Students’ views on entering the labour market’, which will be published on Tuesday 28 April. This results of a survey of over 1,000 full-time undergraduate students on starting[…]
Read More »This year’s AGM was held on 21 February at the Gordon Museum of Pathology, Guy’s Campus, Kings College, London, and featured a lecture by Professor Stephen Barber, titled: ‘What happens after Brexit?’ Stephen Barber is Professor of Global Affairs and Assistant Dean for Programmes, Business and Management, Regents University, London[…]
Read More »Eaton K.A. (2020) Oral healthcare workforce planning in post-Brexit Britain. British Dental Journal, 228: 750 – 752. Reynolds P.A., Eaton K.A., Dobozy E. (2020) The Dawn of the Digital Era in Dental Education: Charting the Changes and Challenges up to 2020. Part 1 The Dawn of Dental Education. Dental Historian, 65(2): 55 – 66.
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