Professor of Practice in Education Policy @unibirmingham, @MarshallScholar Commission, Wales Tertiary Commission, Fellow of @acadsocsciences, @SRHE73 Trustee
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In The Hague, some familiar challenges for tertiary education. If money follows students it yields growth in universities but neglect of colleges and the places they serve. Balancing incentives towards local collaboration and learner pathways the solution proposed here.
Terrific support for #Teamuob at the #Greatbirminghamrun. Two generations not too far apart in our team.
This is good news from @ucas_online but it also continues the pattern of the last decade: improving opportunity, but not equality of opportunity.
We’ve just published our latest insight into the 2022 cycle:
📶Record application rates from students in the most disadvantaged areas
⬆️Over 320,000 UK 18 year old applicants
🌏Demand from China and India continues to surge ahead
Read more👉 ucas.com/corporate/news-and-…
If you're interested in how this sits within broader patterns of HE policy, have a look at the @ResearchCGHE seminar at youtube.com/watch?v=cJDOs4vb… It makes the case for post-18 routes combining academic, technical, professional and creative education, involving FE, HE and employers
The most important point in this article by @AnnaFazack1 is that we need to strengthen the different routes through post-18 education, for students of all backgrounds, rather than cutting off the most popular route for the poorest people and places theguardian.com/education/20…
