
Michael Salmon
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2 weeks ago |
wonkhe.com | Michael Salmon |Mark Leach
On 23 May 2023, then home secretary Suella Braverman announced a package of measures to damp down the higher education sector’s contribution to net migration. The removal of the right for taught postgraduates to bring dependants dominated the headlines, and has loomed large over arguments about international recruitment ever since.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
wonkhe.com | Michael Salmon |Mark Leach
Last June the Scottish government set out two proposals for changing up the funding bodies in post-compulsory education, following James Withers’ damning indictment of a “lack of cohesive approach, common purpose, or strategic narrative” in how Scotland’s skills system was organised.
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Aug 30, 2024 |
wonkhe.com | Michael Salmon |Mark Leach
Labour’s appointment of Patrick Vallance as science minister was a bit of a surprise, though fit in with the “government of all the talents” optics that the new administration was keen to go for on taking office. There was the odd voice at the time which welcomed his deep scientific expertise but hinted that he might not possess the political chops for a ministerial role, especially as he kicked off his tenure by complaining about Brexit.
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Aug 22, 2024 |
wonkhe.com | Michael Salmon |Mark Leach
In an interview with Channel 4 on A level results day, skills minister Jacqui Smith welcomed a “flat level of overseas students” at undergraduate level, with Labour’s change in tone set to hopefully be “heard across the world.”It was put to her that postgraduate recruitment was the area in clear decline from its 2022 and 2023 highs – she proposed a wait-and-see approach:I think we need to wait and see because the postgraduate numbers for international students come later on down the track.
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Jul 12, 2024 |
wonkhe.com | Michael Salmon |Mark Leach
Labour wants to set up a new skills body for England. Labour wants to review the post-16 landscape. Labour wants to repurpose the apprenticeship levy to include other training opportunities. Given all this, should we really be expecting the Lifelong Learning Entitlement to continue in its current form under the new government?
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