Full article here – http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43106736 Extracts below Mrs May, announcing the year-long review of student finance and university funding, will warn that the system has failed to deliver sufficient competition on price – with almost all courses being charged at the maximum £9,250 per year. Education Secretary Damian Hinds said he wants “more variety” in the...Read More

Qualifi Awarding Organisation awaits with interest the outcome of the next stage of the Education Committee inquiry into value for money in higher education. With just 35% of respondents believing their HE experience represented “good” or “very good” value for money and the number of students saying their university was “poor” or “very poor” value...Read More

Qualifi are pleased to announce soon to be available additions to our suite of cyber management and operations qualifications. We have been working with sector experts to develop qualifications associated with this rapidly growing sector; a sector that has skills shortages and thus buoyant employment prospects.  In addition to the existing qualification, listed below, we...Read More

Ray Brogden, COO of Qualifi encourages all FE colleges to promote this among their HE L5 students. This demonstrates how quickly the HE landscape is changing, providing more choice for students in an increasingly competitive, quality assured and customer lead environment. Alternatives to the traditional 3-year undergraduate study programmes are available, fundable via Advanced Learner...Read More

Full article here – https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/feb/09/vocational-degrees-best-highly-skilled-jobs-study Extracts below – “A lot of government reform is focused on improving technical and vocational education, but this conversation rarely acknowledges the role in higher education in supplying a skilled workforce to vocational occupations,” The research from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) found that students on courses...Read More

Theresa May’s announcement at the end of January of extended Education partnerships between the UK and Chinese Education Sector’s coincides with the Sino-British collaboration agreements established by PAM Education and Qualifi. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-to-set-out-ambitious-new-approach-to-uk-china-education In the last 12 months Qualifi and PAM Education have worked on programmes involving UK and Chinese partners that include: Chinese Culinary Arts...Read More

Full article here – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/billionaires-university-subjects-engineering-business-finance-economics-law-computer-science-a8188961.html Extracts below: The report found that 75 of the world’s richest 100 people have a degree, and out of these 75, 22 studied engineering. These were the top five degrees amongst the world’s billionaires: Engineering — 22 Business — 16 Finance & Economics — 11 Law — 6 Computer Science...Read More

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jan/12/online-postgraduate-course-right-for-you-university Extracts below: While traditional campus-based courses remain the most popular, there is an increasing interest in online study, with its flexibility and easy access.  Why study online? Online courses provide opportunities to learn and engage with people from different backgrounds and experiences. You can study anywhere in the world, provided you have access to...Read More

Full article here – http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42579634 Extracts below: Thousands of UK nationals have bought fake degrees from a multi-million-pound “diploma mill” in Pakistan, a BBC Radio 4’s File on Four programme investigation has found. According to documents seen by BBC Radio 4’s File on Four programme, more than 3,000 fake Axact qualifications were sold to UK-based buyers...Read More

Complete article here – https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jan/11/justine-greening-blocked-bid-reduce-tuition-fees-nick-timothy Extracts below. Theresa May’s former chief of staff has accused the former education ministers Justine Greening and Jo Johnson of blocking attempts to reduce university tuition fees and reform higher education. Nick Timothy wrote: “Young people must be given better choices at 18. Right now, the incentives tell them to go to...Read More