The migration white paper puts new obstacles in the way of international students as well as researchers and other staff. Ministers have made great play of their commitment to exclude students from any migration limits. But that is a reannouncement of the existing position. It is clear students will stay in the published data and new restrictions are being placed on students from other European countries. More...
Employer contributions should replace fees to relieve student debt
On Thursday, 29thNovember 2018, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) publishes Fairer Funding: The case for a graduate levy (Policy Note 10) by Johnny Rich, which outlines a radical new approach to funding higher education. More...
Have your say on the future career development support for researchers in the UK
The 2008 Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers sets out clear standards that research staff can expect from the institution that employs them, as well as their responsibilities as researchers The sector consultation launched by the Concordat Strategy Group (CSG) to inform the revision of the Concordat is really gathering momentum, with over 1000 people having accessed the online questionnaire. More...
High potential landscapes: higher technical education in the UK
Just over a year ago the Department for Education announced its intention to review level 4 and 5 education, with a focus on how technical qualifications can meet the needs of learners and employers. In August of this year the DfE published the interim evidence report from this review, with key findings around uptake, funding, employer engagement, and delivery capacity. More...
When the levy breaks
There can be few remaining individuals with an interest in student funding and who have studied the current system and its early consequences who would claim it is the best and most effective available regime. More...
Why all students should do some Accounting
The Government will be embarrassed because getting student loans off the books was arguably the primary cause of the high fees we have. More...
Why we will all still need to go on talking about international students in 2019
We started 2018 by publishing HEPI’s most substantial ever piece of work. Back in January 2018, we published a report by London Economics, commissioned jointly by HEPI and Kaplan International Pathways, which showed the contribution of international students to the UK. More...
A tariff threshold for HE admissions?
It was in the Browne Report in 2010. The Browne team recognised that the government would need some kind of mechanism for controlling its exposure on student finance and proposed that a UCAS-tariff cut-off score would be set after the main application deadline in January each year so that the lower threshold for admission to higher education would vary with demand. More...
Prestations de formation professionnelle à destination des personnels et doctorants
L'Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis lance un appel d`offre relatif à des Prestations de formation professionnelle à destination des personnels et doctorants.
La date limite de réception des offres est fixée au 28 janvier 2019 à 12 heures.
Des informations détaillées sur les modalités de réponse à cet avis sont disponibles à l`adresse URL suivante.
Rendez-vous sur la page dédiée au repérage des appels d`offres "Formation, Insertion" en région PACA, consultables gratuitement et en libre accès.
Call Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects (EACEA 36/2018) / Appel à projets de coopération prospective (EACEA 36/2018)
The Call Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects (EACEA 36/2018) has been published. The call includes a strand on Innovative Use of Technology in Career Guidance with an emphasis on career management skills as well as a range of other topics on education and training.
The EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) funding webpage with all details and documentation for applicants is available here
An Information day will be held at the end of January 2019 about this call.
L`appel à projets de coopération prospective (EACEA 36/2018) a été publié. L`appel comprend un volet sur l`utilisation innovante de la technologie dans l`orientation professionnelle, qui met l`accent sur les compétences en gestion de carrière, ainsi qu`une série d`autres sujets sur l`éducation et la formation.
La page web de l`EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) sur le financement avec tous les détails et la documentation pour les candidats est disponible ici.
Une journée d`information sera organisée fin janvier 2019 sur cet appel
Rendez-vous sur la page dédiée au repérage des appels d`offres "Formation, Insertion" en région PACA, consultables gratuitement et en libre accès.