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The increasing pressure on students after Covid-19

SRHE

We also explored the literature relating to the personal, professional, academic, and societal pressures experienced by UK HE students. Students report higher costs of living, impacting their wellbeing and ability to focus on their studies, with increased stress and a greater need to work to sustain themselves ( Sutton Trust, 2023 ).

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Deprivation data: Introducing a new UK-wide area-based measure

SRHE

by Tej Nathwani Introduction The 2020s will be a pivotal period in determining the UK’s economic future. Naturally, one of the questions being increasingly asked of the UK higher education sector is how it is helping to resolve some of the latter issues. Area-based data on deprivation will typically be used in two ways.

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The Helen Perkins era

SRHE

Her last day of office was 30 June 2022, fittingly coinciding with a meeting of SRHE Council, which was able to congratulate and thank her [1] for her outstanding contribution to the Society in her 18-year tenure. Helen Perkins was appointed as Director of the Society for Research into Higher Education in 2004. Arriving in turmoil.

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Home Office efforts to stop abuse of care worker visa system inadequate, leading to ‘shocking’ abuse, says watchdog – politics live

The Guardian Higher Education

Former chief inspector of borders says Home Office does not appear to have identified any lessons from ‘this debacle’ In interviews this morning Gillian Keegan , the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports. Continue reading.

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Further education colleges in England face losing financial independence

The Guardian Higher Education

Government likely to treat FE sector as ‘big schools’, removing autonomy over borrowing and investment Further education (FE) colleges are likely to be treated as “big schools” by the government and lose critical financial independence, after a ruling reclassified colleges in England as part of central government.

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Radical proposals in leader’s conference speech

SRHE

The first part of this (HS1) was achieved some years ago through investment in infrastructure connecting the UK with the rest of Europe. We now have an Office for too many Students – student choice must be paramount, but only if they are the right students. But now we need to change course.