International ‘Study now, pay later’ loan one option in report on third-level funding [Ireland] | Minister for Education Richard Bruton has said he hopes a consensus can now be built as to how to fund higher education into the future. ‘Study now, pay later’ loans: Students face up to €20kContinue Reading
Rather than quibble over the distinctions and priority of basic research over applied research, is it not possible to conceive institutional research as social scientific research agencies, dispersed geographically and culturally, that are capable of being partners in a collaborative enterprise with a focused and balanced portfolio of scientific researchContinue Reading
International MPs say ‘inadequate’ schools careers advice worsening skills crisis | MPs have delivered a scathing report on careers advice in many schools, warning that the “inadequate” guidance being given to youngsters is fuelling the country’s skills crisis. Too many young people were leaving schools in England without having theContinue Reading
International 5 Reasons We Will Avoid Edtech Conferences | EdSurge has done our community a great service by aggregating (in a handy circular diagram) many of our postsecondary edtech conferences and convenings. This curated map of annual edtech conferences also perfectly coincides with our newly emerging realization that neither ofContinue Reading
International European universities ‘losing monopoly’ over research | Universities in Europe are losing their “monopoly” over the production of research, but gaining dominance in the training of PhD students, according to a leading scholar in political economy. Asia University Rankings 2016: India leads in South Asia, but its neighbours areContinue Reading
