higher education

  • Student Grants Scrapped: Young People Neglected in Chancellor Osborne’s Budget

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    August 11, 2015 12:47
    On July 8th, Chancellor George Osborne announced the complexities of his Emergency Budget for 2015. Many changes were initiated within his long economic puzzle, including the introduction of a national living wage and the scrapping of student grants. From Clegg’s empty promises to freeze tuition fees to Osborne’s eradication...

  • University of Nottingham celebrates first Higher Education Technicians’ Summit

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    July 1, 2015 12:17
    The University of Nottingham celebrated the inaugural Higher Education Technicians’ Summit on Tuesday 30th June. Papin Prizes, a series of awards that are said by the University to “publically celebrate the skills, talent and experience of technicians from M5 Universities”, were handed to technicians at the event, held in...

  • Is Adult Education in Crisis?

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    April 25, 2015 13:02
    The Association for Colleges (AoC), which represents 336 institutions of various forms of further education (FE), has alarmingly warned that 190,000 adult education places will be cut next year. This is arguably due to a funding cut of 24%. Put bluntly, the AoC have claimed that ‘Adult education and...