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The article present conversations of library professionals & authors Nancy Shore, Kristina Clement and Katherine Rose Adams. Topics include the "paper ceiling" in academic libraries; the motivations behind pursuing doctorates; and the potential benefits and challenges of advanced degrees for academic library professionals. The conversation reflects their experiences with educational advancement and its impact on their career paths within higher education and academic libraries.

The article offers information on several policy papers published in 2023. Topics include examines an assessment of the effect that changes made to higher education student finance regulations which will have on groups with relevant protected characteristics and considered the relevant protected characteristics, identified in the Equality Act 2010 including disability, gender reassignment and pregnancy and maternity.

The article focuses on a collection of policy papers and research briefings, covering various topics related to education in England and the United Kingdom. The topics include academy trust oversight and commissioning; multi-agency information sharing on changes to Ofsted inspections and complaints procedure; advertising to children; student loan statistics; school inspection in England; and school strike action in the United Kingdom (UK).

The article highlights recent policy papers addressing mental health support for children, university staff strikes in Great Britain over pensions and working conditions, and the latest statistics on youth unemployment in the UK and European Union.

The article offers information about the three policy papers published last week by the House of Commons Library in United Kingdom. Topics discussed include the provision of physical education and sport in schools, the reform of Level 3 qualifications in England, and parental responsibilities in England and Wales.

The article offers insight to policy papers related to education published in Great Britain. Topics discussed include "Sharia-compliant Alternative Student Finance;" "Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill: Progress of the Bill;" and "Youth Unemployment Statistics," and "School Strike Action in the UK."

The article offers information on several policy papers including Evidence to the STRB: 2021 pay ward for school staff; Higher Education: Free Speech and Academic Freedom; and International Education Strategy: Global Potential, Global Growth.

The article focuses on policy paper focusing on causes of youth employment, Freedom of Speech bill for higher education, and child support from social security. Topics discussed include skills gaps and shortages identified as drivers to youth unemployment, analyses of the progress of the Higher Education, and debate on social security support for children.

The article informs that negative statistics concerning retention and graduation and descriptions of first-generation students as at-risk for failure. It mentions about of library search tools used by students, and various types of authority and expertise beyond academic credentials that they already, thus valuing and honoring the knowledge and skills they've learned from their families and communities. It also informs on promoting information literacy within higher education.

The article presents list of policy papers published in May 2023, which includes cost of childcare in England and the government's support; the progress of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill; and others.

The article offers information on the policy papers which published by the United Kingdom (UK) government, are Higher Technical Qualification by the Department for Education and Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill: Progress of the Bill by the House of Commons Library.

The article lists few policy papers, related to educational funding including "Early Career Framework", "Rights of Children in Police Custody" by Joe Ryan, and "The Spending of the Department for Education" by Andy Powell.

Given the increasing importance of digitalization in all levels of education, it is crucial to focus on innovative methodologies that leverage digital tools to enhance the learning process. To this end, this contribution proposes a strategy centered on establishing student-faculty partnerships. This approach provides students with the opportunity to actively contribute to their own learning journey and become more engaged in the process, thanks to the personalized attention given to their educational needs and interests by teachers and the wider school environment. The focus of the specific cooperation described in this paper is to define a digital framework for classroom activities. In addition to the numerous benefits that can arise from this partnership, it is also essential to establish a connection between secondary schools and higher education institutions, which are increasingly sensitive to student engagement, as students can leverage the skills and knowledge acquired at earlier stages of their education to successfully navigate their future career paths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the establishment of a system to provide metrics and rank the academic value of social science research articles, authors, universities and other organizations. Information is presented on the way the metrics began to have real-world implications for career advancement and tenure, tempting individuals to manipulate these metrics by utilizing methods such as crafting software scripts to boost their metrics and employing graduate students to repeatedly download their papers. The article ends by asking if the prevalence of cheating within academia is a result of the pursuit of status within the intellectual hierarchy, or a consequence of 'gamification' infiltrating academics' lives, eliciting behavior patterns inherent to human nature?

The article offers insight to policy papers published in Great Britain. Topics include "Support for Students from Ukraine in UK Higher Education," "Youth Unemployment Statistics;" and "Investing in Children's Future: A Cost Benefit Analysis of Free School Meal Provision Expansion. Final Report and Technical Appendix."

The article discusses several policy papers. Topics include Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: Impact assessment and JCHR memorandum, Higher Education Restructuring Regime (HERR), a scheme for higher education providers in England facing financial difficulties as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19), and Student Finance Eligibility: 2021 to 2022 academic year.

The article offers information on several policy papers related to education in Great Britain. Topics discussed include proposals for new national standards on provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and legislation on school funding and the lifelong loan entitlement (LLE) are expected; Itr mentions carry-over motion, agreed in April 2022, will also see the continuation of the passage of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill.

The article informs about education policy papers published by House of Commons Library in Great Britain. Topics include "Freedom of Speech in Universities – Is There a Problem " which sets out the legal framework for freedom of speech in higher education; and "Part-time Undergraduate Students in England " which gives part-time undergraduate education in England with an overview of the numbers of part-time students, the decline in part-time students and impact on the higher education sector.

The article offers insight to policy papers published in Great Britain from 26-30 October, 2020. Topics include "Higher Education Restructuring Regime" by Department for Education; "Children in Need and Looked-after Children Statistics: Proposed changes" by Department for Education; and "Coronavirus: Separated Families and Contact with Children in Care" by David Foster and Philip Loft.

The article lists published policy papers including school buildings and capital funding; funding of health care Students; and financial impact on higher education due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The article presents several policy papers published since the last issue of "Education Journal" on March 31, 2020. They include a Commons Research Briefing by the House of Commons Library on the latest statistics on youth employment in Great Britain and European Union countries, how places are allocated at state-funded mainstream schools in England, and apprenticeships and skills policy and developments in England.

The article lists several published policy papers including "Youth Custody Service Safeguarding Review," "Special Educational Needs: Support in England," and "Higher Education Student Numbers."

Focuses on the debate of the Government's Green Paper regarding the education in Great Britain. Improvement of the attainment; Enhancement on the program of higher education; Improvement of the academic subjects.

Purpose: The paper focuses on reviewing and theorizing the factors that affect the adoption of cloud computing in the education sector narrowing the focus to developing countries such as India. Design/methodology/approach: Through an extensive literature survey, critical factors of cloud computing for education were identified. Further, the fuzzy DEMATEL approach was used to define their interrelationship and its cause and effect. Findings: A total of 17 factors were identified for the study based on the literature survey and experts' input. These factors were classified as causes and effects and ranked and interrelated. "Required Learning Skills and Attitude," "Lack of Infrastructure," "Learners' Ability" and "Increased Investment" are found to be the most influential factors. Practical implications: The resultant ranking factors can be used as a basis for managing the process of cloud adoption in several institutions. The study could guide academicians, policymakers and government authorities for the effective adoption of cloud computing in education. Originality/value: The study investigates interdependency amongst the factors of cloud computing for education in context with developing economy. This is one of first study in higher education institutes of India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate contemporary changes in the education system. In particular, an analysis of the mechanisms of coordination and communication involved in the process can show how different geographical factors with different relational mechanisms may contribute to the creation of a new academic entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: The authors propose a methodology with two-step approach. In the first part of the paper, they use a theoretical approach to carry out a longitudinal study of academic literature on the topics of "entrepreneurial university," "academic entrepreneurship" and "spin-off organizations." In the second part, they use cross-database analysis to theorize the main aspects of recent developments in higher education in Italy. To this end, the authors use three public and open-access databases on spin-offs, universities and higher education institutions and incubators in Italy. Findings: First, issues relating to the formation and best practices of entrepreneurial universities are discussed, based on the works of researchers from 25 countries. Second, a hypothesis is put forward to suggest that the organizational model of entrepreneurial university affects microeconomic competitiveness. Third, a case study of Italian spin-off organizations suggests that the number of incubators and spin-offs, and the type of academic knowledge, all directly affect the entrepreneurial university. Originality/value: This paper aims to examine the role of the university in the modern economic system. The originality of this investigation lies in its ability to offer a picture and first analysis of the main actors and of the entrepreneurial university system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the policy paper, "Social mobility and elite university," by Lee Elliot Major and Pallavi Amitava Banerjee, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute. Topics discussed include the policy report focusing on access to higher education and its conclusion that it will take almost a century to achieve the Office for Students' goals to provide access to highly-selective universities.

• The aim of this paper is to develop a model to analyze the interdependence between the indicators and compute the KPIs under the large group. The major contributions include five points. First, the hesitant 2-TUPLE linguistic is utilized to deal with the fuzzy assessment information regarding the interrelationships of indicators. Second, the experts are clustered based on the similar degree method. Third, this paper determines the weight of clustering with evaluation information based on the minimized variance method. Fourth, an extended DEMATEL method is used to analyze the relationship among indicators and calculate KPIs to improve the internationalization of higher education system. Finally, the proposed model effectively achieves the analysis and evaluation, KPIs are provided for the improvement of the internationalization of higher education. The internationalization of higher education has become an important means for countries worldwide to develop and enhance their strengths, in which performance measurement plays a vital role. However, current performance measurement usually involves many indicators, and it is impossible to improve them all due to resource constraints. Therefore, a suitable performance measurement system can enhance the international influence and competitiveness of higher education institutions. In response, based on the matrix decision, this study develops a large group evaluation approach using a hesitant 2-tuple linguistic model. The decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method is used, and key performance indicators (KPIs) are determined for higher education internationalization. In the method, the KPIs are focused on by constructing the correlation matrix between indicators using the hesitant 2-tuple linguistic model, which can then be determined by the extended DEMATEL method based on the cause-and-effect relationships between the performance indicators. In the case study, the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed hesitant 2-tuple linguistic DEMATEL method are verified. The results show that the proposed model can help higher education institutions focus on a limited number of key indicators and systematically manage higher education internationalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Academic success and failure are relevant lifelines for economic success in the knowledge-based economy. The purpose of this paper is to predict the propensity of students' academic performance using early detection indicators (i.e. age, gender, high school exam scores, region, CGPA) to allow for timely and efficient remediation. Design/methodology/approach: A machine learning approach was used to develop a model based on secondary data obtained from students' information system in a Nigerian university. Findings: Results revealed that age is not a predictor for academic success (high CGPA); female students are 1.2 times more likely to have high CGPA compared to their male counterparts; students with high JAMB scores are more likely to achieve academic success, high CGPA and vice versa; students from affluent and developed regions are more likely to achieve academic success, high CGPA and vice versa; and students in Years 3 and 4 are more likely to achieve academic success, high CGPA. Originality/value: This predictive model serves as a classifier and useful strategy to mitigate failure, promote success and better manage resources in tertiary institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The paper aims to highlight how an applied learning framework or "community of practice" (CoP) combined with a traditional theoretical course of study enables the identification of teaching-learning processes which facilitate knowledge transfer from practitioners to graduate information technology (IT) students for quicker integration in the labour market. Design/methodology/approach: CoPs are identified based on cluster analysis according to Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (1984), with data obtained through a survey. Empirical research is applied to the CoP developed within a non-formal learning framework, principal new actors being IT specialists linked to graduate IT students and teachers on a traditional university course. Graduate IT students can gain knowledge of the ideal employee and the social and emotional skills needed to integrate with the IT labour market. Findings: The K-Means algorithm helps to identify clusters of graduate IT students displaying necessary knowledge acceptance behaviour to convert them into specialists. The results of the cluster analysis show different learning styles of the labour force, providing an overview of candidate selection methods and the knowledge, skills and attitudes expected by users. Research limitations/implications: Although the research adds value to the existing literature on learning styles and the knowledge and core skills needed by IT specialists, it was limited to an emerging market. Originality/value: The study provides a preliminary overview of graduate IT students' attitudes from an emerging market to the re-engineering of academic learning contexts to facilitate professional knowledge transfer, converting them into IT practitioners and integrating them in the labour market of an emerging economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses study conducted by Lisa Lines from University of New South Wales according to which cheating by students who use essay mills is undetectable and ghostwritten papers would receive good marks if submitted. Topics include warning signs contained in essays that could be detected by academics, need of radical steps to combat use of essay mills and views of Phil Newton from Swansea University Medical School, on need of diversification of assessment methods by higher educations.

The article offers information on policy papers on history curriculum, higher education, and speech and language therapy that were released in Great Britain in June 2019.

The article focuses on a Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) working paper expressing concern over the problem of graduate "over-education," which also included its authors, Francis Green and Golo Henseke of UCL Institute of Education, rejecting the view of monitoring the average rate of return to higher education.

The article focuses on Great Britain Government's white paper entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, regarding access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

The article reports on the statement of British home secretary Theresa May that the approval of the plans for a higher education White Paper is a move against the plan of the funding council of England to fundamentally modify the quality assurance.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore three diverse case studies in higher education that provide learners with innovative, disruptive and potent ways of seeing, thinking and acting. It considers pedagogical structure and phenomenological dimensions over an array of study abroad and immersive learning conditions. This paper illustrates rich and impactful ways that learning can unfold, including the unintended consequences of education that opens eyes, changes perspectives and builds empathy.Methodology This paper deploys a case study method whereby three unique programs for studio education are critically considered/analyzed. The research connects cases and delineates approaches in environmental design, whereby greater understanding and deeper knowledge can be attained.Findings This paper, through study of cases of immersive learning, reveals effective ways in which studio teaching can serve to heighten sensitivity, construct rich self/world views and render visible more profound knowledge. Such knowledge transcends disciplinary boundaries and professional borders – encompassing a fuller spectrum of awareness that includes the social, the cultural and the spiritual.Research limitations/implications This paper investigates studio-based graduate education in Environmental Design, with a particular focus on Architecture/Planning. As such, there are limitations to the applicability of discoveries and revelations. That said, the general model for teaching and learning may have value across disciplines well beyond those examined in the current research.Practical implications In an increasingly complex world, where cultures and values routinely collide, the research presents pedagogical approaches that promise to erode walls, dissolve barriers and counter fragmentation. The case studies illustrate effective ways to heighten learning beyond the ethos of traditional classes and conventional classrooms.Originality/value This paper proffers bold creative models for teaching that defy everyday strategies. It encourages moving students to places/spaces, both concrete and abstract, that challenge their assumptions, test their capabilities and permit exceptional personal/professional growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the response of the British Government, published in a series of White Papers, to the Augar review of post-16 education. Topics discussed include consultation on new plans to drive up quality of university courses launched by the Government, student loan interest rate for borrowers starting courses from 2023-2024, and reply of David Hughes, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges, to the Government's announcement.

It is time to reclaim the egalitarian democratic purposes of public universities. Public universities and colleges play a crucial political and public role in a democratic society. Yet much of the higher education literature looks at higher education through an economic framework. This paper argues that a healthy and broadly accessible higher education system serves the democratic public interest in a democratic polity such as the United States. It concludes by arguing that public universities could serve the public interest more effectively with an expansive view of who the "public" is and of their role as anchor institutions for democracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the favorable responses to the British government's Green Paper, titled "Building Our Industrial Strategy," which forms a plan to reform the nation's higher technical education. David Hughes, chief executive of the Association of College, believes that the strategy recognised the need for more investment in further education colleges. Stephen Metcalfe, chairman of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, comments on the government's digital skills strategy.

The article reports on a seminar hosted by the Early Careers Network of University College London's Population and long Health Domain on April 22, 2015 in Great Britain. At the Rosie Bartlett and Kate Hoyland, former BBC journalists explained that researchers should think like journalists in order to get their work noticed by the press. The seminar discussed how researchers can make sure that their findings catch journalists' attention and, thereby, a wider audience.

The article discusses aspects of the graduate school work of the college students particularly the scientific papers in history in Great Britain. Topics mentioned include the long-term impact of scientific research on the field of biochemistry, the importance of citations in literature and the benchmarking of the institutions.