Blue Ridge Community and Technical College and Southern New Hampshire University recently signed three new transfer agreements for Blue Ridge students pursuing degrees in business administration, criminal justice and nursing. More...
13 janvier 2018
13 janvier 2018
Utah technical colleges lied for funding, former employee says
A former Dixie Technical College professor is suing the school, saying it fired him because he shared concerns about the college and wouldn’t lie about program growth in a government funding document. More...
13 janvier 2018
Why Europe’s wars of religion put 40,000 ‘witches’ to a terrible death
The persecution of witches came down to a battle for the ‘market share’ of post-Reformation Christians, according to a paper by two economists.
It was a terrifying phenomenon that continues to cast a shadow over certain parts of Europe even today. The great age of witch trials, which ran between 1550 and 1700, fascinates and repels in equal measure. Over the course of a century and a half, 80,000 people were tried for witchcraft and half of them were executed, often burned alive. More...
13 janvier 2018
Ouverture de la plateforme Parcoursup le 15 janvier 2018
Parcoursup est la nouvelle plateforme nationale d’admission en première année des formations du 1er cycle de l’enseignement supérieur.Elle permet aux lycéens, apprentis ou étudiants en réorientation qui souhaitent s’inscrire dans une formation de l’enseignement supérieur à la rentrée 2018, de se préinscrire, de déposer leurs vœux de poursuite d’études et de répondre aux propositions d’admission des établissements dispensant des formations de l’enseignement supérieur (licences, S.T.S., I.U.T., C.P.G.E., PACES, écoles d’ingénieurs...).
Cette plateforme traduit une procédure simple, juste et transparente pour entrer dans l’enseignement supérieur. Le tirage au sort est désormais supprimé. De nombreuses informations sur les formations sont disponibles et un accompagnement est mis en place pour que l’humain soit replacé au cœur de l’admission post-bac.
La plateforme Parcoursup permettra la saisie des vœux le 22 janvier 2018 à partir de 11h ; l’admission sera close le 21 septembre. Plus...
13 janvier 2018
‘Serious failing’: inquiry to scrutinise Toby Young’s OfS appointment
An inquiry has been launched into the “serious failing” of appointing Toby Young to the board of the Office for Students without studying his long history of incendiary comments, the commissioner for public appointments has said. More...
13 janvier 2018
Toby Young is gone. But he was the least of universities’ problems
Readers on student loans, fat cat vice-chancellors, the Open University’s troubles and governance problems at the newly established Office for Students. More...
13 janvier 2018
More degree students graduating with firsts than 2:2s or below
Figures for 2016-17 also show continuing fall in mature and part-time students since introduction of £9,000 fees. More...
13 janvier 2018
Universities – take back control of your vice-chancellors' spiralling salaries
A new code aims to move the media spotlight away from vice-chancellor pay by increasing transparency. But to work, the overhaul must be radical. More...
13 janvier 2018
Could an online postgraduate course be right for you?
Courses delivered over the internet and part-time study give a degree of flexibility to fit in with students’ lifestyles. More...
13 janvier 2018
What makes a good postgrad open day?
Attending an open day, on campus or online, is the best way to ensure the university is the best fit for you. More...
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