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University rankings University access E-learning
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Guardian release 2013 university guide. http://www.guardian.co.uk/educatio n/universityguide Includes national and subject rankings. Focus on undergraduate courses.
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are not additional to what would have occurred in the absence of such provision. Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education. National Research Council. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?re cord_id=13417 198 page report . Free registration required. Covers how productivity should be measured. and discusses measures and frameworks.
BIS: Assessing the deadweight loss associated with public investment in further education and skills http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscor e/further-education-skills/docs/a/12767-assessing-deadweight-losswith-investment-furthereducation.pdf - deadweight loss is defined as the extent to which government-funded
JOURNAL ARTICLES: STUDENT LOANS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Attitudes to further education loans This independent research report is intended to inform impact and equality assessments regarding the introduction of loans to fund Further Education (FE) courses, and
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so that the transition to FE loans is successful and its impact on learners’ choices and options is minimised. Localisation and the means test: A case study of support for
The UK Graduate Careers Survey 2012 http://www.highfliers.co.uk/ Survey from High fliers research on perceptions of job prospects.Link from foot of page.
English students from Autumn 2012 http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMed ia/news/archives/2012/05/Universit y-reforms.aspx John Hills and Ben Richards, LSE Centre for Social Exclusion. argues that University reforms have created "middle-income poverty trap JOURNAL ARTICLES: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS International students and net migration in the UK report from IPPR http://www.ippr.org/index.php?optio n=com_ippr&view=publication&id=8 997&Itemid=55 This report recommends that international students should be excluded from overall net migration figures, as moves to limit incoming student numbers for the sake of long-term migration figures put a valuable export market – higher education – at risk
The Academic Experience of Students in English Universities HEPI http://www.hepi.ac.uk/4552060/The-Academic-Expereince-ofStudents-in-EnglishUnivesities.html This report analyses the findings of the 2012 survey of various aspects of the student experience, including the amount of contact students have with their staff, the size of teaching groups, and the overall number of hours they devote to their studies. see also the surveys conducted in 2006 and 2007,
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UK and US much less socially mobile than Australia and Canada http://www.suttontrust.com/news/ne ws/uk-and-us-much-less-sociallymobile-than-australia-and-canada/ Sutton Trust report
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Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu/gamechangers New free eBook online from EDUCause. Download over 20 free case studies from the USA which discuss how technology can be harnessed to increase student access and quality of learning. Topics include: Setting Priorities, Open Courseware. Particularly liked this article CS50 at Harvard: "The Most Rewarding Class I have taken . . . Ever!" http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/p df/pub7203cs19.pdf