Sentences with phrase «higher education sector»

South African investors are attracted by the strength of the UK's higher education sector.

Christpher Pyne, the Education Minister, clearly wants a higher education sector that is high quality, saying «If we don't act, and act now, we risk (the) system falling into a downward spiral towards mediocrity.»

This position is placed in the higher education sector.

Mary Karen has been focused on career planning for the majority of her career in the Higher Education sector.

Before joining the AESC in 2013, Patrick was an executive search consultant with a boutique firm in the higher education sector.

And we continue to build depth across the globe in the higher education sector by developing relationships with similarly focused firms dedicated to the sector.

Marie brings a significant wealth of experience having been working directly with students in the higher education sector for all of this time.

Her practice has recently been dominated by the Higher Education sector, including students» academic and disciplinary disputes, high - value contentious employment matters, and the Teaching Excellence Framework.

He has particular expertise in the higher education sector.

Advising a client in the higher education sector on a high value employment tribunal claim involving whistleblowing, disability discrimination and age discrimination.

Back in the early»80s, I decided to leave the higher education sector and join the corporate world.

Writing in NLJ this week, Aldred, partner at Penningtons Manches, argues that the higher education sector relies on the mobility of staff and students, with an estimated 34,000 academics hailing from other EU countries.

With a number attendees from the Higher Education APAC region, the CASE Conference is the ideal avenue to introduce a new product to the higher education sector — The Perfect Gift Agreement (PerfectGA).

The group has increasingly focused on the higher education sector, such as faculty members who are incorporating sustainability tenets in their teaching and projects.

The Uni's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen Parker, said he was «proud the University of Canberra is taking the lead in the higher education sector by discontinuing the sale of bottled water.

Hear briefly from a select group of speakers about climate leadership programs within the higher education sector, but mainly come enjoy each other's company at COP23!

It is no wonder that the biggest disruptors of distribution come from the higher education sector, where the high prices resulted in plagiarism and reprinting of content, students preferring second - hand textbooks and piracy.

62 % of the publishers are currently publishing ebooks, and the biggest market for ebooks right now is the higher education sector.

The hospitality industry, the higher education sector, libraries, and even hospitals have taken to using digital magazines to reach the client base they're most interested in, and companies like PressReader and OverDrive «s digital periodicals catalog have helped make this possible.

Adobe, whose Digital Publishing Suite has tackled revolutionizing the digital periodical industry, has now brought in new clients from the higher education sector as well as made its product adaptable to the needs of the K - 12 market as well.

The Higher Education sector will probably shift earlier because students will buy the devices themselves and lead the demand for digital texts.

The way the higher education sector uses data from the OECD is often technically correct, but substantively misleading.

James Cook University drew a lot of attention in the higher education sector recently by publicly «opting out» of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University rankings.

Our Sixth Form tutors receive annual training which covers changes within the higher education sector.

It also manages national assessment programmes in a range of countries and is a leader in research in innovative approaches to assessment in schools, skills and the higher education sector.

Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector.

MCAN has worked to build local college access networks, or LCANs, in communities across the state, spanning across different organizations representing philanthropy, government, business, nonprofits, K - 12 and the higher education sector.

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

«TEQSA plays a critical role in safeguarding student interests and the reputation of Australia's higher education sector.

Chair of the implementation working group, Professor Kerri - Lee Krause, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Provost at Victoria University said the extensive collaboration between the Federal Government and higher education sector showed that everybody was focused on how best to support students.

He said the plan had been developed by a higher education sector working group in conjunction with government to ensure students, parents and schools have better access to consistent and comparable information from universities.

The professional in - house facilities management team at Edge Hill University comprises almost 300 permanent members of staff, funded by the university and operating within the context of an extremely competitive and financially challenging higher education sector.

May 4, 2017 — A new, first - of - its - kind study reveals the impact of instructor effectiveness on student achievement in the higher education sector.

They also leave with a newfound appreciation for the range of institutions and the incredible vibrancy of the higher education sector.

If other states also allow students to blend together a curriculum that combines on - site with online learning, and encourages competition among providers while checking to make sure that only quality courses are provided, secondary schools will move as quickly toward online learning as does the higher education sector.

This issue's research section offers a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of instructor quality on student achievement in the higher education sector — finding that students taught by above - average instructors receive higher grades and test scores, are more likely to succeed in subsequent courses, and earn more college credits.

Corner has more than 20 years experience in the higher education sector; prior to London College of Fashion, she was head of the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University.

The purpose of the initiative is for the higher education sector to contribute towards the nationally declared gender equality objective of women and men having equal power to shape society and their own lives.

The UK higher education sector supports the ambitions of the Bologna Process and the actions proposed to modernise European higher education.

Seventy - two percent were employed on fixed - term contracts versus 28 % on short - term contracts, a ratio that the report says is in line with national data in the higher education sector.

Kumar also noted that «the higher education sector overall is set to receive a 12 % increase to $ 2.24 billion, [but] most of that rise will go to increasing teaching capacity to cope with India's burgeoning population,» not research.

She believes it was the higher education sector that gave her the chance to change direction, into university administration, because there her PhD is recognised as more than simply a specialist academic publication.

The higher education strategy aims to modernize Slovenia's universities and give them more autonomy; it includes an increase in funding for the entire higher education sector to 2.5 % by 2020.

However, Mendick proposes that to challenge the ever - increasing pace and expectation of the Higher Education sector, academics could treat their work more as a job and less as a vocation.

Fox explains that the Equality Challenge Unit has been established in order to «improve equal opportunities for all who work, and seek to work, in the UK higher education sector».

Beyond the initiative of individual institutions, a U.K. - wide sharing of best practices is being encouraged by Vitae, a membership program which was initially funded by the U.K. Research Councils to promote professional development of doctoral researchers and research staff throughout the United Kingdom's higher education sector.

Their plight — which is likely familiar to early - career researchers around the world — is illustrated by a recent survey of the French research and higher education sector, including Ph.D. candidates and Ph.D. holders in a variety of disciplines and roles.

«Gestapo - style» spot checks, as one source in the higher education sector has described them, are perhaps the most visible.

«The real story is that Michael Gove's plans for A-level reform are not based, as he appears to be claiming, on evidence of widespread concerns in the higher education sector about the rigour and relevance of A-levels.

Despite this, he has taken the decision to try to foist on the higher education sector direct roles and responsibilities with regard to A-level design that many academics do not want.»