Lunchtime Reading: Will having more male teachers as role models solve ‘the boy question’?
There’s little evidence that increasing the number of male teachers will improve boys’ academic outcomes or attitudes.
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One Step Beyond: A View from a School
Preparing students for higher education requires better careers advice, life skills teaching, and support for unassessed academic skills.
Building Bridges: Enhancing employability through practically-based higher education
Practically-based university models enhance graduate employability by embedding industry collaboration, real-world skills and confidence-building into curricula.
Free speech and the University of Sussex
There are times, as a scholar from another country, that events in your adopted home catch you off guard. The fears of those around you are so far removed from your own experience that you are baffled by them. Sometimes, this simply demands that you learn more about the society…
Adolescence and Boys will be Boys – time for concrete action
A growing crisis in boys' education demands urgent action, with half a million fewer males entering higher education over a decade.
Teachers need support to understand what’s needed in the UCAS personal statement
Teachers and admissions staff often disagree on UCAS personal statements, highlighting the need for clearer, transparent university guidance.
So now will the government take the chainsaw to HE regulation?
Despite calls to cut red tape, higher education remains burdened by overlapping regulation, risking quality and financial sustainability.
Weekend Reading: Rethinking the Cost of Higher Education – A Lecture Revisited
In a 2014 lecture, John Denham proposed radical reforms to halve tuition fees by redirecting public funding into teaching and diversifying university pathways.
Collaboration in Action: The Third Sector Forum and the OfS Equality Agenda
The Third Sector Forum has fostered collaboration, shifted narratives, and helped secure £2 million to advance equality in education.
Embracing Workforce Diversity in Higher Education for a Sustainable Future
The higher education sector must urgently reform its workforce model to meet evolving demands and ensure financial sustainability.