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A Crisis of Opportunity at English Universities: Rethinking Higher Education through the Common Good Idea
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Yang, Lili; Brotherhood, Thomas; Chankseliani, Maia – Educational Review, 2022
The ongoing pandemic has affected all aspects of human life globally. Universities have faced significant challenges in continuing their educational and research activities while at the same time becoming more visible due to their work on identifying treatments, developing vaccines, understanding the impact of the pandemic and exploring the ways…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, COVID-19
COVID-19 and Social Mobility Impact Brief #3: Apprenticeships. Research Brief
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Doherty, Katherine; Cullinane, Carl – Sutton Trust, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused complex challenges across the apprenticeship landscape. The unique position of apprenticeships -- which combine education, training and employment - has made the sector particularly vulnerable to the current health crisis. Impacts on training providers and access to learning are being compounded by the profound…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Distance Education, Online Courses, Access to Computers
COVID-19 and Social Mobility Impact Brief #1: School Shutdown. Research Brief
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Cullinane, Carl; Montacute, Rebecca – Sutton Trust, 2020
The closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges for everyone involved, from the students themselves, to their teachers and their parents. In the first of a series of in-depth briefings looking at the impact of the coronavirus crisis on social mobility, the Trust's Carl Cullinane and Rebecca Montacute examine…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Distance Education, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
COVID-19 and Social Mobility Impact Brief #2: University Access & Student Finance. Research Brief
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Montacute, Rebecca; Holt-White, Erica – Sutton Trust, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic poses significant challenges for higher education across the UK. This year's cohort of university applicants now face months of uncertainty, as they try to make decisions on their future amid exam cancellations and a new system to determine grades, all without face-to-face support from their school. For students currently…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Distance Education, Online Courses, Access to Computers
Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 20, January 23, 2004
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Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This January 23, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Never Mind: An Assistant Professor Who Thought about Quitting Academe has a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Persistence, Law Schools, Graduate Students
Academic Underachievement and Exclusion of People Who Have Been Looked after in Local Authority Care
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Mallon, James – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
Although higher education for 50% of all school leavers by 2010 is the stated aim of the United Kingdom government, it is clear that initiatives aimed at widening access do not reach those most in need. This is nowhere more true than in the case of people who have spent all or part of their childhood in the care of local authorities, and who…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Underachievement, At Risk Students, Foreign Countries