2024 PIEoneer Awards finalists revealed
Across 20 categories, innovation and achievement have been recognised – and now it is up to an esteemed panel of judges to decide the results. The winners are set to…
Higher education postcard: Christ’s College, Cambridge
It’s 1437, and the University of Cambridge has eight colleges: Peterhouse, Clare (then called Clare Hall), Pembroke (then called Marie Valence Hall), Gonville and Caius (at the time called the…
The Secret Lecturer’s view of university life is almost wholly grim
When King’s College London vice chancellor Shitij Kapur talks about the triangle of sadness in higher education he’s talking about a funding system that increasingly doesn’t work for students, government,…
AQF pledge has helped shine a light on sub-agency use, say stakeholders –
Universities are required to ask agent partners for a list of sub-agents as part of AQF pledge aecc confirms they only use their sub-agents to recruit with written permission of…
International student numbers could fall a lot further yet
If you’re a government keen to be seen to be getting immigration down, the headline stats in this quarter’s figures from the Home Office – to year ending March 2024…
Graduate Route safe, but “rogue” agents targeted
The UK Home Office has revealed new proposals to “crack down” on student visas – and while the Graduate Route will remain “under review”, it’s not going anywhere before the…
Japanese study abroad doubles in one year
In person study abroad increased by 218% on the previous year and total numbers (including online study abroad) reached 66,007 in 2023, according to new data from the Japan Association…
Annette Bradford, Oxford EMI, Indonesia
What do you like most about your job? I love talking to academics – both professors and students – from all over the world and finding out about our shared…
Net migration figures show 24.7% fall year-on-year for students
The net migration figures for non-EU migrants on study-related visas have decreased by 24.7%, new ONS figures show. Net migration figures for study-related visas – both student and dependant visas…
Why experiential learning should inform curriculum design in the humanities
“This is who I am,” wrote Roman, an inmate at HMP Lewes, describing his experience of creative writing. “It has reminded me of who I used to be before the…