With eighteen institutions inside the top one-hundred of QS’ World University Rankings, the UK’s higher education sector has a proven legacy of delivering high quality education and forms a vital part of the UK’s economy. More...
06 mars 2019
Focus Epale de ce début d`année 2019 : Le rôle joué par le numérique dans la formation des adultes
Tout au long des mois de janvier et février 2019, le focus EPALE a été consacré au rôle joué par le numérique dans la formation des adultes.
A l’initiative de la Commission Européenne, EPALE est une plateforme multilingue et collaborative destiné aux, formateurs, chercheurs, universitaires, décideurs et à tous les professionnels du secteur de l`éducation et de la formation des adultes en Europe.
Dans le cadre de ce focus thématique " l’apprentissage numérique des adultes" ont été examiné les défis, les évolutions récentes et les tendances en matière d’utilisation des TIC et des outils numériques dans l’apprentissage des adultes. Vous pouvez visitez la page dédiée à ce focus
Thème : transformation de la formation
Tuition fees: views and perceptions of prospective students
Are degree apprenticeships fit for purpose?
Employers and providers articulated the economic and social potential of degree apprenticeships in positive terms, and many view it as a good policy addition to the range of skills pathways. However, the prevailing view is that there are significant challenges in making the system work, and a number of improvements needed – “degree apprenticeships are a great idea, but … ”. More...
Making sure the international education strategy works
There is a great deal of hope that the Government’s long-promised international education strategy will move the UK to a better place when it comes to educating people from other countries. More...
Review of ‘Engines of Privilege: Britain’s Private School Problem’
So Engines of Privilege is unquestionably a good book, but it is also unusual because it tries to cover so much – probably too much – ground. For example, as well as offering some fairly objective history, it is a polemic on seeing off independent schools. More...
1 school exam grade in 4 is wrong. That’s the good news…
Life-changing judgements – university admissions (or not), apprenticeship places (or not), the need for a re-sit (or not) – are being made on the basis that a candidate is awarded a 3 or a 4 at GCSE, or a B or an A at A-Level. But if the 3 should have been a 4, or the A should have been a B, then such judgements and decisions are being taken on thin ice. More...
We haven’t called for an end to defined benefit pensions for university staff – honest! #USS
We recently published a new report on the history of the Universities Superannuation (USS) Scheme. It received a warm reception for recounting the little-known history of the foundation of the USS and its first 30+ years of stability as well as the origins of recent troubles. More...
The cap that doesn’t fit: Student numbers in Northern Ireland
Stuck ‘in irons’ is sailing parlance for a paralysed vessel: trapped with sails luffing in a head-on wind. It is a no-go zone for progress on water. Weathervanes and moored boats passively find the same position. More...
What do we know about spending on staff?
We would agree with this, although would argue it is fruitful to explore both areas. In fact, we have published the most comprehensive data on student’s views on how their fees should be spent, through the HEPI/AdvanceHE annual Student Academic Experience Survey. More...
Three ways a higher education system can push towards more equal opportunity
In UK and across the world we are in the middle of a long wave of higher education expansion. Countries are moving from 20-40 per cent participation in tertiary education to 50, 60, 70 per cent and beyond, with most students at degree level. South Korea, Finland and Canada are already at 90 per cent. More...
