Further education in the UK could learn from the US's community spirit, argues David Melville. There has hardly been a year in the past decade when commentators have not begun their polemics with...
An AoC charter for institutions hoping for a slice of the overseas market commits participants to ethical recruitment of foreign students. Tony Tysome reports. Further education could be on the verge...
Cross-sector partnerships must build on their strengths, says John Widdowson. Colleges have a crowded agenda, with an enhanced role in delivering the vocational component of the 14-to-19 reforms, a...
Postgraduate Education in the UK Published in The Times Higher on November 12 2004 Summary of a report by the Higher Education Policy Institute 1. Overall trends The growth in numbers of overseas...
The Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) was established in November 2002 with the aim to ensure as far as possible that higher education policy development in the UK is informed by research and...
Postgraduate education is the fastest growing sector in higher education. There has been a 21 per cent growth in new entrants over the past seven years. UK universities now cater for nearly 500,000...
The story of postgraduate education in the UK since the late 1990s is one of the success of universities in expanding masters-level qualifications. In particular, it has been the ability of...
INSTITUTIONS In England, postgraduate student numbers have risen fastest in new universities and colleges. Between 1995-96 and 2002-03, postgraduate numbers in these institutions climbed by 65 per...
UNIVERSITY FUNDING Postgraduate education is seen as one of the few lucrative areas for universities. But it is difficult to assess its full economic benefit because a lack of transparency in...
Given the increasing importance of postgraduate provision in the UK, and in particular the vital task of continuing to attract overseas students, it is essential to continue to ensure quality. The...
There are a number of key questions arising from this report. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO UK DEMAND? Based on growth in undergraduate demand expected between 2002-03 and 2010-11 in England, Hepi has...
Postgraduate education is one of the success stories of UK higher education. The growth in student numbers, particularly from overseas, has not led to a decline in quality, and new universities in...
Brussels, 10 Nov 2004 The European Commission has launched a new 11.5 million euro Integrated Project (IP) that seeks to reduce the cost of emerging biotech pharmaceuticals by identifying...
Brussels, 10 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 1206/04 Suite of documents 1206/04 Subject: Application of the open method of coordination in favour of the Barcelona research investment objective...
Brussels, 10 Nov 2004 The latest in a series of meetings aimed at reaching a compromise on the location of the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) ended without agreement on 9...