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Useful education links from 17th-24th May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 17th-24th May 2013. More than 300,000 children missing school every day (The Telegraph) More than 300,000 school children miss school every day according to … Continue reading
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Tagged compulsory, curriculum, department for education, education, Michael Gove, missing school, primary school, private schools, Scotland, sex education, students, swim, truants, ucas, YouGov
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What information do universities record – and what might be requested?
TweetTimes Higher Education reporter David Matthews wrote about “stumbling blocks” to university transparency this month – and in the process highlighted some useful tips for those wanting to investigate higher education. Here are the highlights: Who makes the decisions? Most … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Links, Tips and How-Tos
Tagged annual reports, data.gov.uk, David Matthews, executive board, Ferdinand von Prondzynski, FOI, governing council, Higher Education Statistics Agency, Key Information Sets, senate meetings, Student Loans Company, Thomas Docherty, Times Higher Education, Trac, transparency, Transparent Approach to Costing, ucas, Unistats, universities, university executive committee
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Data sources for higher education – part 1
TweetInvestigating an area such as education is large enough to be half-covered even in projects such as PhDs but there are some sources which provide a helpful start. There are four central sites for higher education data: Ucas, the higher … Continue reading
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Tagged BIS, data, DELNI, hefce, HEFCW, HESA, higher education, qualitative, quantitative, SFC, ucas
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James Ball on how UCAS gather ‘deprivation’ stats on applications
TweetJames Ball has written an illuminating piece on the recent UCAS statistics and reports which suggested that applications from wealthy students had dropped much more than those from poorer students. He adds some important context on precisely which applicants the data … Continue reading
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Tagged applications, deprivation, HESA, James Ball, POLAR2, poverty, ucas
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Data: UCAS applications
TweetUCAS have just released the latest statistics on university applications, generating a raft of stories on the impact of fees (a drop of 9.9% for English universities). If you want to dig further into UCAS data, you can download them … Continue reading
Link: UK university applications expected to drop
TweetNew figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) are expected to show a steep decline in the number of UK students applying to study in fall 2012, the Guardian reports.
FOI legislation opens up UCAS and higher education…
TweetAs of this month, there are three more organisations that are under the scope of The Freedom of Information Act; and most appropriately for the Help Me Investigate education site, UCAS, the charitable organisation who organise the higher education application … Continue reading
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Tagged education, FOI, freedom of information, help me investigate, higher education, ucas
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