Graeme Atherton

Jan 14, 2025 | hepi.ac.uk | Graeme Atherton

***It’s not too late to register for HEPI’s events this week: ‘Earning and learning: What’s the reality for today’s students?‘ webinar with Advance HE at 10am, Tuesday 14 January and ‘Who Pays? Exploring Fairer Funding Models for Higher Education‘ Symposium at Birkbeck, Thursday 16 January 10am to 5pm.***By Professor Graeme Atherton, Director of the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) and the Vice-Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford.

Dec 6, 2024 | universityworldnews.com | Graeme Atherton

GLOBAL The global rise in populism has presented new challenges for higher education, as it has for many in the public sector and civil society. Higher education is being forced to confront the limitations of its reach as political leaders from the United States to Indonesia have railed against it, presenting a different vision of progress. The roots of populism are in the inequalities that pervade both richer and poorer countries.

Sep 11, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Michelle O'Neill |Ann McGauran |Graeme Atherton |James Stevens

We're going forward to 2040 again, join me… A holographic AI assistant greets citizens at your council's virtual help desk. In the background, a Gen Alpha data scientist is teaching a seasoned Boomer colleague how to navigate the latest neural interface for community engagement. Meanwhile, a Gen X manager and her Millennial deputy are fine-tuning a draft Alpha climate resilience strategy using predictive analytics and their decades of local knowledge.

Sep 10, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Graeme Atherton

INEQUALITY Businesses also have a role in reducing inequality A new report, the first from the Ruskin Centre for Social Equity, shows there are businesses who are starting to realise their future is tied up with the communities they serve, says Professor Graeme Atherton By Professor Graeme Atherton | 10 September 2024 SHARE Labour has been more than open in its desire to covet the business sector under the leadership of Keir Starmer and since it entered government.

Jul 30, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Graeme Atherton

SKILLS Making a success of Skills England Taking a locally-led approach from the beginning would give Skills England an immediate kickstart and mark it as different from its predecessors, argues Graeme Atherton By Professor Graeme Atherton | 30 July 2024 SHARE Amongst the flurry of activity marking Labour's return to government after a 14-year absence the introduction of Skills England could be too easily lost in importance as growth, devolution, and in education a review of the curriculum...