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Eurypedia https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwi kis/eurydice/index.php?title=Home New online encyclopaedia on Education systems in Europe from Eurydice See more statistics on education in Europe from the main Eurydice website. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/e urydice/index_en.php Covers 38 countries. It also has over 5,000 thematic articles e.g. see entry for educational mobility schemes. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwi kis/eurydice/index.php/Mobility_and_In ternationalisation
HIGHER EDUCATION RANKING Times Higher Education world university reputation rankings released. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk /story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode =419333&c=1
Articles on higher education ranking Graduate jobs market Access to education.
See the full listing here. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk /world-university-rankings/20112012/reputation-rankings.html read how it was done. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk /world-university-rankings/20112012/reputation-analysis.html Examine the methodology http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk /world-university-rankings/20112012/reputation-methodology.html Note the Times also has a world university ranking with a different methodology see here. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk /world-university-rankings/ There are also QS University rankings. http://www.topuniversities.com/universi ty-rankings/world-university-rankings Again these use another methodology, explained on the website. They include rankings by subject area. Certain newspapers also produce their own guides to UK universities for potential students. See the Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/u niversityguide Times Business school rankings. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolra nkings/rankings
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HIGHER EDUCATION ARTICLES
Russell Group of Universities expands.announcement http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/russellgroup-latest-news/151-2012/5216russell-group-of-universities-agrees-toexpand/ REPORTS: EDUCATION AND JOBS
and improve the employability of graduates. http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/fu rther-education-skills/docs/w/12-610wilson-review-business-universitycollaboration
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Graduates in the Labour market 2012 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lmac/gra duates-in-the-labourmarket/2012/graduates-in-the-labourmarket.html The official data from the ONS show high rates of unemployment and unskilled work amongst recent graduates. Other sources of analysis on graduate employment trends: include Prospects. The labour market section of their website includes Graduate Market Trends which has updates on overall patterns and those by region. http://www.hecsu.ac.uk/research_repor ts_graduate_market_trends.htm It also produces the report What do graduates do? Get free access to editions from 2009 onwards. http://www.prospects.ac.uk/what_do_g raduates_do.htm High Fliers Research produced the Graduate market in 2012 http://www.highfliers.co.uk/ which reviews vacancy levels and starting salaries. (scroll to bottom of page). . Review of business-university collaboration- This review calls for universities to be at the heart of the economy to promote growth in the UK
EDUCATION ACCESS The Campaign for Science and Engineering http://sciencecampaign.org.uk/?p=879 8 working class under-represented in Maths and science study. Middle Class benefit most from post 1992 university expansion- ESRC funded research http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-andevents/press-releases/19929/middleclass-benefit-the-most-from-post-1992university-expansion.aspx Student Loan Interest Rates: History, Subsidies, and Cost
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http://newamerica.net/publications/poli cy/student_loan_interest_rates report from the New American Foundation covering the USA.Considers loan rates for the last 20 years. EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY The first installment in Volume Two of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s ongoing Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education http://www.bisg.org/news-5-735-pressreleasestudents-want-more-valuefrom-textbooks-and-at-lower-pricessays-new-research-from-bisg.php shows students relying on older editions rather than buying textbooksit also covers the use of tablets in education. Summary online.
Compiled by Heather Dawson h.dawson@lse.ac.uk