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Protecting the student interest
Students. Know your consumer rights. The message that universities which do not meet their obligations may be in breach of consumer law came through strongly in last week’s advice for students and providers on the impact of consumer law produced by the Competition and...
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Student Engagement: Q&A with Jon Renyard
Rhys Wait talks to Jon Renyard, University Secretary and Director of Student Experience at Arts University Bournemouth
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World-class infrastructure: Smaller institutions in the spotlight
A lot of the media and political focus surrounding capital projects and infrastructure is normally on larger multi-faculty institutions, often overlooking government-funded projects and investment within other universities such as smaller more bespoke institutions or...
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50 Shades of Dross?
There is a common refrain among universities about being tied up in red tape and concern about being punished for not following various Government rules. Whilst there may not be much pleasure in regulation, there is increasing recognition, particularly in the private...
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50 Shades of Dross?
There is a common refrain among universities about being tied up in red tape and concern about being punished for not following various Government rules. Whilst there may not be much pleasure in regulation, there is increasing recognition, particularly in the private...
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REF: 10 things to bear in mind (in case you haven’t read enough on this already…)
Andy Westwood highlights 10 things you may not have thought of about the REF…
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Students engaging with ‘Student Engagement’
Students engaging with 'Student Engagement' - A change in perspective at Winchester Student Union Tom Lowe - Vice President, Education Cassie Shaw - Student Engagement Assistant and BA (Hons) English Literature with American Literature Student Since the term 'student...
Autumn statement
The Chancellor has been busier than usual in the run up to an Autumn Statement. Before today’s speech he has been crossing the country announcing policies and investments as if Christmas had arrived early. So much so I half expected him to be turning on our local Xmas...
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Annual Conference 2014
Highlights of the 2014 GuildHE Annual Conference at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
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Teaching teachers: what makes a great teacher?
I have numerous friends who have gone into teaching and what unites them is a belief their teacher education could have been better and should have made them more prepared. They say this whichever training route they took. So what makes an ideal teacher? And the next...