by Conor Ryan
Are university staff ready to take a 3am call from a student who wants help with their essay? This was one of the interesting issues raised by HEFCE Chair Tim Melville Ross at a plenary session of the conference this morning. Continue reading
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Tagged e-learning, education, employers, governance, HEFCE, HEFCE conference, higher education, risk, teaching, Tim Melville-Ross
by Conor Ryan
New thinking about students will be needed from universities in a period of constrained public funding. But there is also an important challenge in explaining to the public both the expectations that are placed on students and the contribution that widening participation programmes make to social mobility. Continue reading
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Tagged e-learning, education, HEFCE, HEFCE conference, higher education, widening participation
by Conor Ryan
Third-stream funding – where teaching and research are the other two streams – may be relatively new. But it is making its mark on universities and the wider economy, as HEFCE Chief Executive Sir Alan Langlands discussed in his conference speech. In today’s recession, universities will be expected to reach out more than ever to local employers and other drivers of their local economies. Continue reading
