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Dearest, I beg of you, sleep properly and go for walks.
— Franz Kafka, 1912
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'Whose children doesn’t he want to go to university? Presumably not his own'.
Rishi Sunak is promoting a '1950s vision' of Britain with announcements on national service and higher education, former universities minister and Conservative peer Lord Johnson says.
Jacqui Boddington retweeted
If one wished to shrink the HE sector there are five options:
1. Directly control numbers.
2. Raise the quality bar.
3. Minimum entry requirements.
4. Cut maintenance support.
5. Reduce international student numbers.
The last two of these are not like the other three.
Thread.
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‘Dropouts or stopouts or comebackers or potential completers?’: Non-continuation in UK universities:
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New Post: Creating a sense of empowerment through engagement data buff.ly/4d36cks
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How does assessment shape student identities? We talk a lot about how assessment impacts student learning but less about how assessment shapes students themselves. In this integrative review, I shed light on the ontological underpinnings of assessment tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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New Post: Croeso i Gymru: Is the Welsh student funding system the best in the UK – or is it far from perfect? Discuss buff.ly/3uCigIc
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We're looking to appoint 3 External Trustees!
This is an exciting opportunity for trustees to help shape the organisation for the future.
Trustees provide oversight and leadership to the SU in pursuit of its charitable objectives.
More info⬇️
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🎮Y nod yw denu cystadleuaeth e-chwaraeon fawr i Gymru ac i nifer mae'r gamp yn ffordd dda o gael swydd
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Ministers urged to ready response to major university going bust.
Serious financial concerns at a handful of English universities over potential breaches of banking covenants.
No mistake: this is crisis point.
timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
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"So much for Mickey Mouse degrees! How students graduating from polytechnics in courses you've never heard of earn higher salaries than their peers" dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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This @TheIFS report on the changing geography of jobs has much to say about the geography of higher education and therefore measures to regulate it via metrics of students progressing to ‘graduate jobs’
ifs.org.uk/publications/chan…
ALT Figure 6. Share of workers with a degree by NUTS2 region, 2022, showing concentration on London
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Our library and academic skills workshops started today with MetSearch: What, Why and How? definitely useful for Freshers. Full programme: library.cardiffmet.ac.uk/aca… … students simply click on ‘book your place’ to attend.
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Gym membership… for FREE?😍
All @cardiffmet students can sign up for free membership today😏
As part of the membership you get:
- Free entry to Met Active Gyms on both campuses.
- Free swimming access on Cyncoed.
- Free Health and fitness Class entry.
- Free Squash Court Bookings.
- ...& much more!
Staff members only have to pay £18 per month via payroll too!
Sign up via our app: ejw.deeep.link/ejw-KsHTX
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Today we published our report on the Office for Students, the regulator of higher education in England. We found that the OfS must do better and that the sector faces a looming financial crisis. Read on to find out more 👇 [1/8] committees.parliament.uk/com…
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The @OpenUniversity's Trends in Learning report is now available. It's based on evidence and research by the @IETatOU and is always well worth a read ow.ly/21ei50FeHcW
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New on @Wonkhe: Student characteristics data eloquently makes the argument that we need to benchmark regulatory data, finds David Kernohan buff.ly/3Y9vIh9
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