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Irony that same week Govt hails India-UK trade deal promising a £4.8bn boost to GDP by 2040, it trails plans to restrict the Graduate Route that would crater value of one of our largest exports to India and many other countries. International students bring £41bn to UK econ p.a.
Very good to see the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) will be “the core of the Office for Students’ new integrated approach to quality”. Draft strategy 2025 to 2030 - Office for Students. officeforstudents.org.uk/ofs…
Exactly - i'm a big fan of the @officestudents but this is an exceptionally poor decision. We need to embrace high quality new providers like @Dyson & @nmite_ac, not shut up shop & close door to innovation & choice.
Good move. Indexation doesn’t need to be the drama it’s become - should just happen each year, ideally with a link to the TEF, so more funding flows to unis with excellent teaching and student outcomes.
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"The erosion of the real terms value of the [university] fee over the last six years has been irresponsible... to the detriment of students"
@JoJohnsonUK at our #ConservativePartyConference panel on the future of higher education yesterday.
📺Full event: youtube.com/watch?v=A_nQcX4-…
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At @policyatkings and @HEPI_news event @JoJohnsonUK responds that it's the Conservative party that's gone off-piste on HE, should be celebrating the widening access and opportunity achieved by system instead of attacking Mickey Mouse degrees
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Closing the day at Education Summit 2024 we have @campbellclaret and @JoJohnsonUK. Book your ticket now: eu1.hubs.ly/H0cGtlP0 #EdSummit24
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We'll be at the #ConservativePartyConference next Tuesday with @HEPI_news discussing the future of higher education with @nickhillman, @JoJohnsonUK, Lord David Willetts, Alex Stanley and @XXFactorFacts.
➡️Register interest: kcl.ac.uk/events/what-is-the…
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Helpful (if depressing) analysis of demand changes following withdrawal of dependants' visas for international students from @MetiBasiri @ApplyBoard - also with useful indicators of new markets and growing demand from eg Pakistan and Nepal
@HEPI_news
bit.ly/3Bje4QF
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“there would be a louder outcry about the abolition of a single A-level (Latin or photography, say) than the threat to thousands of vocational courses,” says @SusannaRustin theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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This is a great listen, but I don't think I've heard anything so maddeningly frustratingly depressing as the tale is how badly HS2 has been managed
Fun time on the FT Political Fix podcast with @GeorgeWParker, @robertshrimsley and @gillplimmer1: on.ft.com/4cgvJFv
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Love this: @bphillipsonMP speech “Be in no doubt: international students are welcome in the UK. This new government values their contribution – to our universities, to our communities, to our country.” gov.uk/government/speeches/b…
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Senior French official:
“We are celebrating the Entente Cordiale in our own way. You offered us such a political shitshow for years that we owe you a bit back”
😅🇫🇷🇬🇧
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I’ve written today on @Wonkhe to emphasise how important it is for an incoming govt to pause defunding BTECs and similar quals - and to do it quickly to avoid a disastrous impact on HE participation
NEW on Wonkhe: Pausing BTEC defunding is a cost-neutral decision for an incoming government. Mary Curnock Cook assesses the impact of current policy on HE participation @MaryCurnockCook wonkhe.com/blogs/defunding-b…
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Let me count the ways in which "Brexit makes Britain poorer".... Less investment means lower productivity, lower wages, lower GDP, worse public services etc. Our capital stock is now 50% lower per workers than other economies. Tragic. @PJTheEconomist @TeraPauliina
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Can’t resist retweeting this - and reiterating the scale of this achievement just seven years into the journey. We’re all thrilled!
Degree-awarding powers confirmed for Dyson Institute
Inventor’s Wiltshire-based training centre is first to go through new Office for Students process bit.ly/3yFtk9d
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New - After Cameron warned of dangers of radical changes to grad visa route. @George_Osborne says it would be “absolutely ridiculous”. Sunak backing away from big changes
NEW: Rishi Sunak has backed away from making any radical reforms to the graduate visa route, after a cabinet backlash and warnings that driving away foreign students could undermine Britain’s universities. W/ @GeorgeWParker + @pmdfoster
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