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Universities’ £10billion pension deficit may add £1,000 to student fee while lecturers could also have to increase contributions The Universities Superannuation Scheme is Britain’s biggest pension fund It has 303,000 members, most of them on gold-plated final salary pensions It puts its shortfall at £7.9bn but experts say the real deficit is £2.6bn higher To […]
Loughborough University provides the best return on investment for students, an independent study finds: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/best-value-universities-uk-revealed The Times Higher Education details the “value” ranking of UK Universities. Interesting for students who are considering attending a 3-year programme of study costing upward of £9,250 per academic year for tuition fees before the addition of costs associated with […]
Is teaching a profession or an occupation? In the UK there is no consensus regarding what the minimum level of education has to be in order to have assigned the title of “teacher”. The school and FE sector have different minimum entry requirements to take up the role of teacher/tutor: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/further-education-teacher The article suggest that it […]
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628717/Employer_qualifications_perceptions_survey.pdf The report provides an interesting perspective of stakeholders regarding the education and training landscape. Qualifi as an Ofqual regulated Awarding Organisation develops vocationally related qualifications in response to the needs of employers, ensuring our qualifications are both valid and recognised. “Ofqual is the independent qualifications regulator for England, responsible for regulating awarding organisations, […]
UK Students are graduating with loan debts of around £50,000 Students in England now leave university with higher debts than almost anywhere else in the developed world. The interest rate on loans is currently 6.1% which, when typical maintenance loans are added in, will push up average student debt on graduation to more than […]
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