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Our Year-End Blog Special: Part I
Year 2013 has come to an end. But before ushering in 2014, it might be best to take a look back and consider the issues and lessons that have made UK’s higher education as it is today. Come and see through the stories of triumph and delayed success, the influential agencies involved – from the […]
Boosting Glasgow’ School-Leavers
A breath of fresh air came from Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow. The recent education news has almost often been pegged as ‘bad news.’ This time around, it’s going to be about improvements, as well as, incremental steps that which made Glasgow’s Higher Ed prospects brighter. To start it, consider the following statement made by the […]
Postgraduate Grants for Women Engineers: “Realising Their Full Potential”
Studies and alarming news regarding UK’s postgraduate study have propelled a solution towards women’s favour. The studies, which have brought about the elusiveness of advanced studies as fees skyrocketed and funding all-too often squeezed, made an astounding rebound in the engineering sector. Women engineers are soon to receive the postgraduate grants – something Universities and […]
Speculating UK’s Pisa Rank
It’s Tuesday. The anticipation for the promised publication of the triennial international survey’s results has just grown heated, as UK together with other expected middle to low ranking countries, are rethinking about their education systems. The survey in question is OECD’s Pisa or the Programme for International Assessment. Fifteen year old students are randomly picked […]
Wave Goodbye, Religious Ed
Maths, check; sciences, check; geography, check; religious education, … Pupils of ages 11 to 14 either didn’t have RE, or have had it but under the tutelage of a non-RE-trained teacher. This is the highlight of a recent study; welcome to today’s state of religious education. Unlike other issues, the culprit behind RE’s occurring demise […]
Teacher Training Scheme: For Some, But Not for All
Under-recruitment in School Direct’s teacher training scheme is concocting debate. The main stakeholders are inclusive of a huge population of potential teachers – some of which made it into School Direct’s quota; and the others into the safety of universities. Sir David Bell had been the former Secretary of Department for Education. He is currently […]
Improving the University’s Image the Wikipedia-Way
The growth in oncoming uni-applicants seemed far from being stoppable. Despite the spike in tuition fees and the uncertainty in the labour market, applicants continue to arrive by thousands. Yet, as they compete for places, so do universities. Part of this competition entailed the projection of an almost-unblemished image. While considered to be an old-trick […]
Underemployment Trend: the Plight of UK’s Graduates
Figures that make up the latest labour market data represent two sides of a coin. The first sounded like a happy tale: there’s the increase of employment digits and the decrease in unemployment and youth unemployment rates. The other side is dismal, particularly for UK’s new graduates. Underemployment has increased, and is, in fact, affecting […]
Problem Pupils in Camouflage, Forward March
Pupils are outdoors, sweating to complete the military-style obstacle. Soon enough, problem students will be subjected to discipline – that of which is upheld by the men and women in military uniform. Sweat and orders – these are the expected variables that should be rolling along Greater Manchester’s Commando Joe’s, Kent’s Challenger Troop, Newcastle’s SkillForce, […]
Male University Students: The New Minority
In the past and even at present, people whine over the small number of women in particular sectors. This incites the unleashing of feminist movement and the inevitable threading on eggshells. Ironically, this growing ‘minority’ had befallen today’s university male students. This crisis had been the central theme of UCAS chief executive, Mary Curnock Cook. […]
Fortifying Skills Education to Close the Skills Gap
Another set of figure is setting the government’s wheels into motion. The mission behind the figure is fundamentally about seeking employer’s perspectives regarding today’s labour market – the youth’s skill, or lack thereof. A total of 1,000 employers, from small, to medium and large-scale businesses, had been invited to participate in the poll. Recruitment managers, […]
UK’s Economic Education: the Overhaul Project
Britain’s economics teaching is facing change. In the midst of critics’ attacks, the consideration for revising the syllabus and the way of teaching economics has been taken a further notch. Leading the overhaul is University of College London’s Wendy Carlin. This big change is conducted in partnership with the Institute for New Economic Thinking (New […]
US-Style GPA System for Britain’s Universities
UK’s honours degree classification will soon face retirement – that is, if the US-style grade point system proves to be a better gauge for today’s college and university students’ academic performance. The grade point scheme is scheduled to be explored for trial. Indubitably, this move is interpreted to be an unspoken confirmation: UK’s grade inflation […]
The PM on Skill & Education: Existing versus Targeted Standards
A lot had been stewing about the PM’s latest statement about education and immigration. In his visit at the Cowley’s mini plant, he had explicitly attributed the immigration problem with that of the youth’s current educational standards. David Cameron’s solution to this problem had been clear: “… let’s get our education system right so we […]
Becksistentialism on Cambridge’s Festival of Ideas
Someone at Cambridge just sent the David Beckham-fandom on a triple somersault. Paris plus Beckham gave birth to a seemingly unthinkable Becksistentialism – a formula inciting nothing but puzzling wonderment. To address this growing curiosity, French philosophy lecturer and Becksistentialism creator, Dr Andy Martin, will be leading a talk for the oncoming Festival of Ideas. […]
New Higher Ed Bill: It’s About Time
The call for a new higher education bill has gotten stronger and louder. Leading academic, Professor Roger King, who co-chaired the Higher Education Commission’s eight-month inquiry, took his turn in unleashing several important insights through his recent The Guardian post. Change needs change The higher education sector had been one of the most noticeable candidates […]
Policy Exchange: Teachers Could Say Yes to Performance-related Pay
Results of a poll on 1,000 teachers revealed the possibility of teachers’ taking in the performance-related pay. Conducted by the London-based think tank, Policy Exchange, this insight was found at the heart of the 55% figure. Under this figure, the condition by which teachers may consider applying for a PRP or performance-related paying school consists […]
More US Universities Want to Recruit British Students
The interest among British students to study in the USA have increased. It has been attributed to the tuition fee hike announced in 2010 and started last year. American universities are given notice of the tripling of the UK school fees and the growing number of UK students interested in enrolling at US universities. They […]
Each British Should Learn a Foreign Language for Country to Stay Ahead of the World
17% of interviewed employers say that the ability to speak at least one other language is very important when recruiting new employees to their company. 23% say that it is fairly important. That is a total of 40%. These numbers are derived from “The Global Skills Gap,” a study conducted by the British Council and […]
UK Starts Venture into MOOCs with Free Courses at FutureLearn
Students from the around the world can now get a free taste of UK education right from where they are. Subject courses at FutureLearn have just started 18 September with the next course “The Secret Power of Brands” starting on 14 October 2013. As of the “school” opening and open beta launching date of the […]
