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6000+ aspiring medics register for online alternative to work experience
By FACE / May 31, 2020
In April the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) launched a free online interactive video platform - Observe GP – to...
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Participatory Pedagogy in a pandemic: Co-designing a new student experience
By FACE / May 3, 2020
Higher education has seen tremendous change in a very short space of time. The student experience might be permanently altered...
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Remembering Emily
By FACE / May 3, 2020
One of the most valuable aspects of FACE has always been its commitment to community and collaboration. Therefore, I am...
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HE in lockdown: Same storm, different boats?
By FACE / May 3, 2020
I don’t know what I was expecting work to be like as we raced with a sudden urgency into the...
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Staying apart should bring us closer together
By FACE / April 7, 2020
It is evident the Coronavirus epidemic will lead to some long term, systemic changes to the way government and society...
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How well are our universities equipped to engage all students in an online experience?
By FACE / April 6, 2020
Like many programme and module leaders across the UK and the world, staff at the London School of Hygiene &...
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The Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe (EPALE)
By FACE / March 30, 2020
If you are an adult learning professional and want to learn from others outside of the UK context, the Electronic...
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Important announcement regarding the 2020 FACE conference
By FACE / March 26, 2020
Dear FACE Members and Colleagues We write to you in our respective capacities as Professor Verity Brown, PVC (Impact and...
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Using reflective diaries to evaluate a multi-engagement outreach programme: A case study
By FACE / February 28, 2020
In this post, Jo Astley and Luke Gordon-Calvert discuss how they introduced reflective diaries as an evaluation tool in the...
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Guide to Writing a Widening Participation Blog Post
By FACE / February 27, 2020
A core part of FACE’s mission is to amplify the voices of those working across the sector to widen participation...
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The Place of Higher Education and Lifelong Learning: A Vision for 2020 and Beyond
By FACE / February 27, 2020
The programme for the 2020 annual FACE Conference is beginning to take shape with a range of innovative and informative...
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Degrees of difference: The characteristics of NCOP target wards
By FACE / January 30, 2020
Geographical variations in rates of higher education participation have long been recognised. In 1997, the Dearing Report discussed research by...
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T Levels and the university challenge
By FACE / January 30, 2020
The introduction of T Levels, major new post-16 technical education qualifications, presents a significant challenge regarding progression to higher education....
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Access and success: working together to eliminate inequality gaps
By FACE / January 6, 2020
By Dan West, University of Derby Educational disparities are complex and entrenched. A student’s ability to stay on course, achieve...
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A new decade for widening access in Scotland
By FACE / January 6, 2020
By Laura Johnstone, The Brilliant Club With the beginning of a new decade, I thought I would take some time...
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Northern Ireland: the case for change has never been so great
By FACE / November 28, 2019
By Deirdre Lynskey, Queen's University Belfast There’s a meme going around Facebook at the moment: Voting is not marriage –...
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Report on the 2019 Access to Higher Education and Student Success Summit: Joining the Dots
By FACE / November 28, 2019
By Andrew Rawson, Action on Access As an active member of FACE and someone who finds the annual FACE conference...
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Free adult education is vital for a healthy economy – and UK politicians are finally starting to get this
By FACE / November 28, 2019
By John Butcher, The Open University Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has performed a miracle – she has managed to...
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Inclusive learning cities
By Stephane Farenga / November 2, 2019
By Michael Osbourne, University of Glasgow I write in the week following the 4th UNESCO Learning Cities conference in Medellin,...
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EHRC Report: a wake up call
By Stephane Farenga / November 2, 2019
By Robin Webber-Jones The recent Equality and Human Right’s Commission (EHRC) Report into harassment in higher education presents some serious...
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