Six degree apprentices explain why they chose this higher education route and what their degree apprenticeship means to them. More...
Six degree apprentices explain why they chose this higher education route and what their degree apprenticeship means to them. More...
The world of early careers has been morphing and changing at what feels like a break-neck speed after many years, if not decades, of stability. Since the late-nineties, the university graduate has ruled the roost and apprenticeships hardly featured on the radar of any early careers professionals as they go out and seek talent for their business. More...
HEFCE funding from the Global Challenges Research Fund offers exciting opportunities for universities to enhance their research addressing the social and economic problems faced by developing countries. More...
HEFCE’s recent student safeguarding conference demonstrated a sector making significant progress, but the momentum must be maintained. Now is the time to step up our efforts to deliver sustained culture change. More...
HEFCE is funding 108 projects across the higher education sector to address issues around student safeguarding. The projects focus on tackling sexual violence, harassment and hate crime, whether on campus or online. Our aim through this investment is to provide resources for students, universities and colleges in order to promote better awareness and to improve strategies to tackle these vital and complex issues. More...
Expert panel members have been appointed to carry out assessments for the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework subject-level pilot project during spring 2018. More...
For the first time, it is possible to compare subjects based on how vocational they are, using a new measure called the occupations subject concentration ratio, or OSCR. More...
The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting responses to a technical consultation to inform the development of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) at subject level (Note 1). It is keen to hear from higher education providers, students, employers and others with an interest in learning, teaching and student information. The consultation will close on 21 May 2018. More...
Between 18 and 24 of February, 31 student representatives and young activists met at the European Youth Center in Budapest (EYCB) for the study session “A change of perspective: Queer Feminist principles as the fabric of a modern, peaceful and socially just European Society” organised by the European Students’ Union (ESU) in cooperation with the Council of Europe. More...
The European Students Union (ESU) and the Student Council for Higher Education of the Slovak Republic (ŠRVŠ) abhor the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée. This act of violence is of deep concern to all who believe in transparency and open democracy. Journalism is a critical aspect of accountability and democracy and it must be protected as such.
Sadly, this is not a single or isolated case, as journalists have been, and are being, threatened worldwide. It is totally unacceptable that over 1200 journalists have been murdered since 1992 according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The murder of Ján Kuciak, PhD student at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, taking place shortly after journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia murder in Malta last year, represents the dangers many journalists bravely face in uncovering truth and informing societies. More...