Posted: 03/08/2013 by Verity Hilton in UALL News
An article in the Independent (online) highlights the problems of integrating mature students into a young school-leaving student body ('Are universities doing enough to include mature students?' 25 July). Despite the fact that mature entrants now representing over 40% of student
Read more ...Posted: 05/07/2013 by Verity Hilton in UALL News
We are delighted to learn that four UALL members have been awarded National Teaching Fellowships by the Higher Education Academy (HEA). They are Dr Ruth Helyer (Teesside), Professor Sue Jackson (Birkbeck), Professor Stephen Hill (Gloucestershire), and Dr Sarah Speight (Nottingham
Read more ...Posted: 03/07/2013 by Verity Hilton in UALL News
Peter Scott, Professor of Higher Education Studies at the Institute of Education, writes in The Guardian on the 2 July that neither the private sector nor the state want to pay for Higher Education
Read more ...Posted: 25/06/2013 by Verity Hilton in UALL News
With all the attention given this year to the serious drops in mature and part-time recruitment since 2010, it was a salutary experience to attend a conference devoted to the equally important issue of providing adequate support for students’ learning once they are recruited.
Read more ...Posted: 22/06/2013 by Verity Hilton in UALL News
We are delighted that Professor Leni Oglesby has been awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Read more ...Posted: 21/06/2013 by Verity Hilton in UALL News
Press reports this week reveal the speed with which UK universities are embracing the MOOC revolution. Over 20 universities are developing MOOCs with the Open University for an Autumn 2013 start.
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