Arrest sparks warning over foreign agents
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The arrest of a David Ben-Menachem in Israel for selling bogus degrees from the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside comes as a timely warning to universities and colleges of the potential dangers involved in chasing the growing international student market. Officials from the British Council and Quality Assurance Agency have warned universities in the UK to check the credentials of their foreign partners and agents to prevent this sort of thing happening again. It is claimed that many UK institutions are exposing themselves and reputations to significant levels of risk in their desire to cash in on the lucrative international market by not sufficiently checking out the backgrounds of the people they are dealing with and by not examining the running of their courses delivered overseas.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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Teaching tops the list for student satisfaction
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Teaching and learning have the strongest effect on students' levels of satisfaction with their university, according to an analysis of data from the National Student Survey. The most satisfied students in Britain are white, female, aged over 30, living at home and studying on a sandwich course in languages, physical sciences or philosophy.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006
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International providers may have to pay for quality checks
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The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) is worried that its current international audit system will be unable to cope with the growth of courses run with overseas partners. Colleges and univerisities may therefore have to pay for extra international audits intended to keep a closer watch on UK courses delivered overseas.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006
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