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Aaron Porter: 'Politicians? They sell students cheap gimmicks'
Aaron Porter, the president of the NUS, has been thrust into the limelight after the recent tuition fees protests.So what exactly is his gripe with mainstream politics?
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Ashridge has launched a management course that acknowledges earlier learning
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Ashridge Business School launched its Masters in management programme in April 2010 with the aim of providing an opportunity for its students to transform executive learning time into a recognised postgraduate qualification.
How business schools are responding to the green agenda
Thursday, 25 November 2010
This is the age of the triple bottom line. Companies of all types and sizes are getting used to the fact that they will not only be judged on their economic performance but also on their impact on the environment and society as a whole. As businesses become more committed to the principle of protecting the future of the planet, so business education has begun to acknowledge the imperative of sustainability. The meaning of this catch-all concept can be summed up as: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".
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Thursday, 25 November 2010
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Terence Kealey: Leave our funding alone, Lord Browne
Thursday, 25 November 2010
It's not students who should be taking to the streets over higher education finance – it's vice-chancellors, argues Terence Kealey
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Thursday, 11 November 2010
Excellent teacher training is essential. However, the new austerity and the forthcoming Education White Paper are making the teacher education sector understandably nervous.
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Thursday, 28 October 2010
Helena Pozniak looks at how technology will shape learning
Music courses are embracing a new beat alongside traditional classical scores
Thursday, 28 October 2010
To most of us, the image of a young person going off to study music at university conjures up pictures of piano or violin master-classes, and students grappling with some of the more demanding passages of a Chopin or Mozart piece.
The price of knowledge: What will the impact of the Browne report be?
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Lucy Hodges gauges reactions from vice-chancellors and students.
Richard Garner: Coalition cuts will leave universities scraping by, yet MPs may still torpedo fees proposal
Monday, 11 October 2010
Unlike in the UK, the US and Germany have used the recession to invest in higher education
'I sense an appetite for student action': The latest NUS president is ready to do battle
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Aaron Porter is more canny politician than long-haired revolutionary. But with funding cuts looming, he's ready for a fight.
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