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European universities are increasing English-speaking courses to prepare for an influx of students who could seek alternatives to the UK as a result of Brexit, a new study suggests. The total number of English-taught programmes in universities on the continent has risen by 13 percent in the last year. Ray Brogden, COO of Qualifi would like […]
In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement on the education and funding review, David Hughes, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges, said: “The growth in higher education numbers and the widened access has almost exclusively been for young people taking traditional three-year undergraduate degrees. Colleges play an important part in helping young people access these […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 with […]
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 […]
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 — […]
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 in […]
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 […]