AELP Brief for Lords’ Debate

AELP Brief for Lords’ Debate on 7 September 2017: Digital skills in the United Kingdom Publicly-funded basic digital skills training for adults needs more support The full report can be downloaded here – https://www.aelp.org.uk/media/1433/aelp-brief-lords-digital-skills-debate.pdf Extract from the report: ‘We believe it is important for tutors, staff and assessors to have the appropriate digital skills to ensure […]

Call for clarity over Student Loans Company problems

By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter – http://www.bbc.com/news/education-41201769 Extracts from the above article: Shadow Universities Minister Gordon Marsden wrote, “this worrying situation has been compounded by an ongoing stream of accounts over the past few months in the media, and based on numerous individual stories appearing, of the inadequacies of the Student Loans Company to […]

Theresa May ‘looking to ease student debt burden’

Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to find ways to appeal to younger voters who backed Labour over her during the general election. The full article can found here:https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/sep/09/theresa-may-looking-at-easing-student-debt-burden With her party’s annual conference just weeks away, May is looking at proposals to change the formula through which many graduates pay interest rates of more […]

Scientists develop algorithm to match pupils with tutors using AI

The full article here – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/09/08/tutor-future-scientists-develop-algorithm-match-pupils-tutors/ University College London’s (UCL) Institute of Education has partnered with the online tutoring platform MyTutor to harness technology to create the “tutor of the future”. James Grant, the founder of MyTutor, said that building a “strong rapport” between a tutor and student is crucial for academic success. He said he […]

Heads of schools say university applicants must know tuition fees

By Sean Coughlan – Education correspondent: http://www.bbc.com/news/education-41168446 Head teachers say that applicants to university in England must be told “as soon as possible” how much they will pay in tuition fees in autumn 2018. The first deadline for applications for next year is next month (October) – but ministers have not yet decided whether to raise fees […]

The Only Way Is Up – iIET – On The Move

The Only Way Is Up!!! iIET… On The Move…!!! The International Institute for Executive Training (iIET) continues to expand its offering of executive training courses and the number of countries it operates in. iIET provide executive training courses in over 120 countries worldwide in the areas of Project Management, Human Resource Management, Leadership, Lean Six […]

Work-Work Balance: How to juggle a job with postgraduate study

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jul/27/work-work-balance-how-to-juggle-a-job-with-postgraduate-study The Guardian recently ran  the report on the problems faced by post graduate students and how to manage their study whilst in employment. In response, Qualifi qualifications provide students with flexibility through the use of a blended learning delivery model; a model that enables you to work while you learn. Our approach helps students […]

Widening Access to HE

https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2017/aug/18/if-degree-apprenticeships-are-to-widen-access-we-need-to-raise-awareness Newspaper headlines, like the Guardian this week, have been dominated by A-level results and the fall in university acceptances. But few talked about the alternative higher education routes available to these students – specifically degree apprenticeships. These valuable programmes could play a major role in widening participation in higher education, plugging the UK’s widening […]

Qualifi Qualifications Now Eligible For Advanced Learner Loans

Many of Qualifi’s UK regulated qualifications are now recognised for Advanced learning Loans. Additional information relating to student eligibility for Advanced Learning Loans can be found here https://www.gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan/overview For more information on our qualifications please contact us.

Former May adviser Nick Timothy calls student fees ‘a Ponzi scheme’

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40959225 University tuition fees are an “unsustainable Ponzi scheme” and should be radically reformed, Theresa May’s former chief of staff has said. Nick Timothy likened the fees system in England to the well-known investment scam. Tony Blair’s Labour government was the first to introduce fees for university students in 1998. Before that, the cost had […]