218 pieces
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Higher education can cut through the immigration debate with a focus on quality
As the sector awaits the publication of a white paper on legal migration, Simon Emmett and Debbie McVitty reflect on how higher education can avoid getting caught in the crossfire
With Simon Emmett
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OfS continues to sound the alarm on the financial sustainability of English higher education
The latest financial sustainability report from OfS finds a worsening sector-wide financial performance but less evidence of over-optimistic future projections. Debbie McVitty breaks down the bad news
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Capability for change – preparing for digital learning futures
Wonkhe and Kortext have been chatting with sector leaders and experts about what institutions need to be able to do to achieve their digital learning and teaching ambitions. James Gray and Debbie McVitty hit the key note
With James Gray
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Breaking out of Bergentown – the case for hope in higher education
Tough times can erode the sense of creative possibility that makes higher education joyful. Mark Peace and Debbie McVitty look for reasons for optimism
With Mark Peace
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Should higher education be thinking in terms of evolution or transformation?
Change is inevitable, but it can come fast, or slow. Debbie McVitty proposes a way of thinking about what that looks like in practice for higher education
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How does the higher education sector sustain digital transformation in tough times?
Debbie McVitty talks to Jisc director for digital transformation in higher education Sarah Knight to find out how to manage technology change under financial pressure
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Societies that are humane are thoughtful about promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
As President Trump’s political war on diversity, equality and inclusion resonates in the UK, Debbie McVitty hopes for a reasoned pushback
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Filling their boots? The rationale for growing loss-making home student numbers
Why would a higher education institution seek to grow home student numbers when technically it makes a loss on each student? Debbie McVitty runs the numbers
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Anatomy of a higher education merger – City St George’s, University of London
Debbie McVitty goes behind the scenes of the recent merger of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London to find out what others can learn
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A higher education institution’s relationship with technology crosses all its missions
Debbie McVitty talks to University of Edinburgh principal Peter Mathieson about the university’s research legacy and future plans for data science and AI
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Connect more: creating the conditions for a more resilient and sustainable HE sector in England
Wonkhe and Mills & Reeve have been exploring how stronger connections between providers could prepare the sector to face the future as well as tackle today’s financial challenges – and what’s missing from the current leg
With Poppy Short, Sarah Seed and Matthew Howling
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The Office for Students’ proposed new strategy for 2025–30
England’s higher education regulator is consulting on a new strategy designed to enable improvement. Debbie McVitty explains the new plan
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Institutional silos are making it harder to build learning environments for student success
Everyone wants their learning environment to be flexible, engaging, and supportive. But, as Debbie McVitty finds, getting there means breaking down the silos that hold institutions back
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Universities are further ahead of the curve on the new social mobility thinking than might be appreciated
Policy attention is closely focused on “alternatives to university” as a way of broadening opportunity. Debbie McVitty thinks that HE providers are increasingly creating the very “alternatives” that policymakers say they
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Is it reasonable to expect higher education institutions to be more business-like?
Debbie McVitty puts the case for ditching the idea that being “business-like” is anathema to higher education’s public purpose
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Bridget Phillipson has set out the government’s priorities for HE reform
A steer from government on its planned “wide-scale reform” of HE should prompt the sector in England to start working through the technical challenges of delivering change, says Debbie McVitty
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Seizing the current policy moment – from cost-savings to radical efficiency
Justine Andrew and Debbie McVitty explore how to move the conversation about strategic collaboration in HE from speculative to practical
With Justine Andrew
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Higher education could do more to capture and promote the global value of a UK degree
Getting to sustainable international recruitment means understanding international student experience and outcomes, say Rachel MacSween and Debbie McVitty
With Rachel MacSween
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A bluffer’s guide to the Universities UK blueprint for HE policy under Labour
Debbie McVitty assesses Opportunity, Growth and Partnership, the Universities UK blueprint for the Labour government’s HE policy agenda
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How to fail, with Universities UK
Reflecting on positive noises from government towards the sector at Universities UK annual conference, Debbie McVitty argues for assessment of past failures to make the most of future opportunities