The last few UK governments have consistently upped investment and support in the area. A raft of celebrities – from Stephen Fry to J.K. Rowling – have spoken out about their diagnoses. Depression and anxiety, once completely taboo subjects, are now common hashtags across Instagram and the subject of advertising by a raft of brands from Ford to Lloyds Bank. More...
Parliamentary challenges…fees and Brexit
Imagine the following scenario.
- First, a Prime Minister lacking a clear parliamentary majority feels obliged by electoral forces to bring a particular policy to Parliament for MPs to vote on.
- This policy is a notable u-turn from her previous position.
- The new policy is also an uneasy compromise. It does not satisfy proponents of the status quo in or beyond Parliament.
- Nor does it satisfy the demands of the Opposition, even though they had previously called for comparable changes.
- The Opposition say, if they were in power, they would implement a different bolder new policy that successfully balances objectives that others claim are irreconcilable.
- The Prime Minister ploughs on, saying there is no alternative and convinced her new policy will eventually pass and relieve pent-up political tension.
- But parliamentarians from different political parties reject the policy. Instead, the country is left to choose between the status quo or a radically different proposal. More...
Higher T Levels: Panacea – or another ‘piece of the jigsaw’?
The Secretary of State for Education’s speech on vocational education rightly highlights the importance of technical skills at a higher level. Improving progression to high level skills that have vocational or technical element is a critical priority if we are to address our productivity challenges. More...
Why 17 December will be a crucial day for UK higher education
The 17th day of December is a fairly momentous day in history.
According to a website called infoplease, France first recognised America then, the first heavier-than-air plane was flown by the Wright brothers and NAFTA was signed. More...
Le taux de conversion des heures de CPF et de DIF est officiellement fixé à 15 euros
Le décret relatif aux modalités de conversion des heures acquises au titre du compte personnel de formation (CPF) en euros, pris en application de la loi Avenir professionnel est paru au Journal Officiel du 15 décembre 2018. Il entre en vigueur le 1er janvier 2019.
Le solde d`heures de CPF (CPF + DIF) sera monétisé au 1er janvier 2019, à partir de cette date le compte personnel de formation sera chaque année crédité en euros et non plus en heures. Le décret convertit les heures inscrites au CPF à raison de 15€ par heure.
Consulter le décret n° 2018-1153 du 14 décembre 2018 relatif aux modalités de conversion des heures acquises au titre du compte personnel de formation en euros.
Grand Canyon Education Acquires Orbis: We have new segment of OPM market
By Phil Hill. Nine months ago we wrote about the new movement for the companies formerly know as "for-profits" in the education space to convert the actual schools into non-profit entities and declare their intent for parent companies to become a new form of Online Program Management (OPM) providers. Kaplan University. More...
Fall 2017 IPEDS Data: New Profile of US Higher Ed Online Education
By Phil Hill. The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) and its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) provide the most official data on colleges and universities in the United States. I have been analyzing and sharing the data since the inaugural Fall 2012 dataset. More...
Experience Economy: Enterprise software view into persistence and future of LMS market
By Phil Hill. Earlier this month Ben Thompson from Stratechery wrote a post, analyzing SAP's $8 billion acquisition of Qualtrics, that provides insight into the shift in value proposition of the academic LMS. More...
Toward Operational Excellence at Student Success: Double-Loop Learning
By Michael Feldstein. Before I move on to my next case study in academic institutions moving toward operational excellence at supporting student success, I want to revisit a section toward the end of my last post on the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative (OEI). I was looking at the alignment that has to be achieved at various levels in the academic organization in order to encourage all the stakeholders to embrace this collective mission, with all the changes to their day-to-day work and even professional identities it would entail. More...
Shenandoah U debuts two one-of-a-kind majors
To be competitive, universities need to offer high-tech majors that lead to careers. More...