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STEM research leaders call for change in undergrad education // News // Notre …

Immediate change is needed at all levels to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in research universities, according to a paper on undergraduate STEM learning and teaching co-authored by Zachary Schultz, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, that appears in a special July issue… Read More »

Sort out FE – education's middle child is crying out for attention | Higher …

If universities are the prestigious eldest, and schools the cosseted youngest, then further education (FE) is the unloved middle child of our education system – undervalued and often neglected. The former business secretary Vince Cable said that when looking for departmental savings in 2014 his civil servants asked him: “Why don’t you just effectively kill… Read More »

Chile´s Education Dream Turns Sour as Teachers Shut Schools – Bloomberg Business

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet pushed through the biggest tax increases in almost half a century to raise teachers’ wages and eliminate education fees. Many students could be forgiven for wishing she had never bothered. Bachelet’s vision of lifting Chile toward developed-nation status through improved education has collided with the interests of the teachers’ union, mirroring… Read More »