Western, Northern & Southern Europe
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Combating racism at an English university: I, Too, Am Oxford
‘Student experience’ is not just about teaching and learning, assessment and feedback.
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Lower aspirations for higher education
Since 2012 and the increase in university fees, effectively to £9,000 a year, there has been a steady erosion of logic in the debate about universities, their funding and the fundamental purpose of a university education.
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Finnish education chief: ‘We created a school system based on equality’
Finnish education often seems paradoxical to outside observers because it appears to break a lot of the rules we take for granted. Finnish children don’t begin school until age 7.
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Universities must resist the military industrial complex
Health professionals call upon British universities to take an ethical approach to research funding.
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Really open education, reflections from the CC policy debate
Almost 40 experts and stakeholders from a range of educational projects, national schooling systems, and national and international non-governmental organizations across Europe came together for the ROE debate.
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Barnfield College ‘wrongly claimed’ £1m of funding
Barnfield Federation, which runs Barnfield College in Luton, Bedfordshire, is being investigated over claims of financial mismanagement.
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Reconfiguring the youth justice prison system
The youth justice system is failing our young people. It’s time for a more humane approach. From openDemocracy.
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Honors for an Afghani Migrant
An Afghani asylum seeker excels in Greek national University entry exams
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Private Tutoring: Rising in the Shadows
While tight school budgets and teacher union complaints make the newspaper headlines in many European countries, it may be less visible that each year families across the EU spend billions […]
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Turkey: Roma Students Go Beyond the Barriers
The Roma population in Turkey is estimated to be around 2 millions although the numbers vary according to different sources. And Turkey is in no better situation than other European […]
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