January 10, 2017
Sally Hunt of the University and College Union tells Chief-Exec.com that the Government’s planned shake-up risks higher fees, lower quality and untold damage to the sector’s global reputation The controversial Higher Education and…
January 9, 2017
Higher education in the United Kingdom will be hard hit by Brexit, according to 90 per cent of UK lecturers and professors in a poll to be released today. Research funding had…
December 28, 2016
Stefano Ermon of Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Lab speaks to Chief-Exec.com about the hopes and hazards of a world populated by learning machines As anyone who has ever tried to get…
December 7, 2016
Government plans to provide up to 1,000 nursing degree apprenticeships a year will cost NHS trusts in England about £200 million annually, Chief-exec.com has been told. A Department of Health spokesman said…
December 7, 2016
A nationally agreed pay structure must be put in place for apprentice nurses while they train to ensure they are paid fairly for the work they do, UNISON, the public service union,…
November 23, 2016
The number of degree apprenticeships is on the rise as business and students take advantage of a growing list of subjects on offer and the absence of hefty tuition fees. Degree apprenticeships…
November 23, 2016
The strong enthusiasm for degree apprenticeships is being countered by confusion over policy and regulations and the burdensome bureaucratic process needed to implement them, a Universities UK report has found. Representing the…
November 16, 2016
Engineering companies will have more than 1.5 million vacancies to fill over the next six years and the UK needs now to work on providing the skills that would help fill them….
October 19, 2016
Overseas students studying in Britain’s universities are not seen as immigrants by most Britons and the majority do not want to see numbers cut, a new survey has revealed. Conducted by ComRes…
October 5, 2016
University chiefs and staff, students and business will give evidence before a parliamentary committee on the impact of Brexit on higher education. The chair of the Education Committee, Neil Carmichael MP, said…