When Social Media Made Sharing Everything Possible
Comfort zones and comfort rooms are two pairs one wouldn’t associate with the shared economy. Until one read Ryan Holmes’ latest LinkedIn post, the uncanny connection between Airpnp and phone-users would have been a legend. Apparently, the necessity of tracing the beginnings of this link emerged. To fully understand the phenomenon known to most as […]
Video Gamers Offered US’ First Virtual Athletics Scholarship Programme
A historical event in the context of eSports and League of Legends gamers is about to happen. Seventy applications are competing to make their way into the Robert Morris University-Illinois’ virtual athletics scholarship programme. The athletics programme, the first of its kind and in US, are also fielding over 500 e-mail inquiries – all of […]
Teaching Creationism as a Scientific Alternative to Evolution – Banned
A long-standing campaign is finally over. The British Humanist Association (BHA), which has spearheaded the Teach Evolutionism, Not Creationism campaign since 2011, found its triumph in the UK Government’s latest ban. “Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools,” read the latest headline in the United Press International. Apparently, the movement […]
Technical Education Will Soon Grow On-Demand Over Higher Ed, Says report
“More than nine million jobs for year 2022.” The Institute for Public Policy Research or IPPR knew how to make good news possible, doesn’t it? Apparently, this figure doesn’t apply to all sectors. The jobs belong to certain categories: the medium and low-skilled jobs. The IPPR report presents several issues at hand, some of which […]
Ruling Out the Best Way to Measure ‘Good Teaching’
Possible and impossible are two words that prop when discussions veer close about measuring ‘good teaching.’ Concerns about the generous definition of ‘good teaching’ threaten to slam down any attempt to measure it at all. Fortunately, research has helped settle the score. Times Higher Education’s Graham Gibbs saw an end to this enduring debate. At […]
Major/Minor Degrees: Adapting Another US-Higher Ed Feature
Last year, the US’ grade-point average (GPA) system landed in several UK universities. Not long before that, another American trend is making its way to UK universities. The trend, being conceivably great bait for both foreign and local UK students, is targeted to work on liberal arts programmes. Keele, King’s College London, and Sheffield are […]
Mobile MOOCs: an “elite education for the masses”
The collective state of UK’s working youth, full-time students, and higher education institutions presented challenges – most of which gave birth to other platforms of learning and skills development. Moocs or massive open online courses are the current favourite in today’s learning platform menu. Evolving Moocs Moocs arrived at the time when educational stakeholders were […]
Russell Group Universities Estimate £9bn Contribution to the UK Economy
UK’s top universities will soon be seeing a grand boom in infrastructural facilities. This boom is estimated to reap with it “thousands of new jobs,” empowering growth for both labour market and the UK economy. The collective employer is traced from twenty-four Russell Group universities, Birmingham and Sheffield Universities, to name a few. The report […]
UK’s Top-Ranking Business Schools (*Based on QS Global 200 Business Schools)
Taking up further education, particularly, MBA is associated with investment, better management, and higher decision-making skills. Apart from having an additional title to sit across one’s name, a Master’s in Business Administration programme invariably links its student with a more vast set of opportunities. In choosing the programme and institution, prospective students often consider available […]
UK Universities Lose Lead against Asian Competitors
Times Higher Education (THE) 100 Under 50 Rankings has been finally released. The rankings saw an interesting tipping over of some UK institutions. In place of these lost posts are several Asian institutions. UK no longer leads as the “best represented country” – the recent ranking revealed. Instead, it ties with Australia – collecting 14 […]
Warning Failing Students through an IBM IT System
Do you need a hint? Okay, it is definitely not a robot. Keith Perry of The Telegraph called it an “IT system” and is foreseen to address students’ need to have someone remind them about their paper’s status, their deadlines, or missed exams. The technology was named, “Exceptional Student Experience.” It was developed by IBM […]
Why More UK Students Want to Study Abroad?
Countries, Australia and US, must watch out for the upcoming increase in their UK student population. The latest results in the British Council survey revealed an escalation of student numbers who opts to study outside the country. Apparently, the two aforementioned countries are popular “study destinations” – with US garnering 33 per cent. Australia, on […]
How the US Economy Took-In Out-of-College Workers
The declining college numbers is proving to be a global phenomenon. Despite ranking top in the world’s higher education, the US student population is following a downside dip. The percentage of high school graduates opting to enter college decreased. According to the latest government data, “65.9 per cent of 2013 high school graduates were enrolled […]
Skills Matter, Not College Names
Before prodding to hunt for an educational institution, applicants and parents will have to do something. Applying students opting to write a personal statement must pause for a break; together with their guardians, the following research studies must be perused. “Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables […]
Offsetting the Decline in Foreign Student Entrants
The recent HEFCE findings saw a cause for universities to be crestfallen. After thirty years of steady climb, the UK institutions witnessed its first ever decline in foreign student entrants. The decline, which is creating issues in universities’ funds, is bad news. The good news is that something is offsetting it. The growth of Chinese […]
Foreign Students No More: the Impact of UK’s Tough Visa Control
Diversity and financial edge – these are the sacrificial lambs behind UK’s tough immigration policies. The ministers had been warned, but took no heed. The recent study conducted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) shows the cost of ignoring such counsel. The diminishing figures of foreign student entrants began with the postgraduates. […]
Nigel Carrington on Creativity and Economic Success
The creative and cultural industries make up the second largest, and fastest growing, sector of the UK economy, worth £8 million per hour and accounting for 5.6% of jobs. This is the heart of Nigel Carrington’s reply to the recent recommendation released by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The Telegraph correspondent brought out the […]
How English Will be Taught at Leeds
Grammar, in the context of GCSE level, has seen a profound nose-dive. The City of Leeds School has considered it necessary to revamp its method of delivery. All English pupils will, therefore, be taking the English subject as a second language. Ofsted inspections The move is seen to be part of a series of measures […]
Selfie: An Exposition of Awkward Angles
Voices are empowered units of expression. And so are selfies. Perhaps, it has a lot to do with the fact that most mobile phones and handheld devices possess its own camera feature. Add the sharing power of social media networks and the prevalence of free photo-editing tools, who could ever say no to selfies? In […]
Getting hired: Same old graduate dilemma
Obtaining the right skill to boost the graduate’s employment prospects seemed not to be apt at university. Employers continue to lament over the emerging graduates’ gap in skill; yet, they fail to perform their part of the deal. Available job internships can’t provide a proper fix. Experts characterised them as being “too short and not […]
