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Former UK education ministers attack plan to reduce vocational qualifications

The Guardian Higher Education

Coalition fears DfE may break pledges that only small percentage of qualifications will be replaced by T-levels A coalition of former education ministers has attacked the UK government’s “disastrous” plan to scrap dozens of popular vocational qualifications and push students into taking its favoured new T-levels. Continue reading.

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Labor to spend $37.8m to weed out ‘bottom feeders’ among vocational education providers

The Guardian Higher Education

Speaking at the National Press Club on Tuesday, the minister for skills and training, Brendan O’Connor, will announce the establishment of an integrity unit within the regulator to identify and address threats to Vet.

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

SRHE

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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Credentials Awarded Drop for Second Year in a Row

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sasso, an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator at Delaware State University. Sasso is an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator at Delaware State University. These drops “erase the gains made between 2015 and 2020,” said Dr. Pietro A. The decreases, he added, make him nervous. “In

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JAMES LANCASTER

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He holds an associate degree in automotive technology from Cerritos College as well as a bachelor's degree in vocational education and a master’s in industrial and technical studies from California State University, Long Beach, and an Ed.D. in educational leadership from Cal State, Fullerton.

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Educate Career Advised at TAFE to Provide More Balanced Advice

Higher Education Whisperer

Jaremus, Sincock, Patfield, Fray, Prieto and Gore (2023) from the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, at University of Newcastle, have raised some very timely concerns about the dangers of pressuring young people into attending university, rather than vocational education.

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TAKAMA STATTON-BROOKS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stratton-Brooks holds a bachelor’s degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling from Emporia State University in Kansas, an MSW from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and a doctorate in educational leadership and administration from Saint Louis University.