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High School vs Higher Education. How to step up

22 January 2020
Categories: General

Congratulations, you’ve made it! You’re finally done with high school and ready to start the next chapter. Don’t believe everything you see in movies though – higher education isn’t just fun and games. It takes hard work, dedication, and a dream for a bright future to be successful. Why higher education after school is so important One of the common reasons for pursuing a higher education is to develop industry-specific skills before entering the workforce. This often makes you more employable, especially abroad.  But the benefits of pursuing a higher education stretches further than just a successful career. Along your…

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The Link between education and income

1 August 2019
Categories: General

The relationship between education and income Education is defined as the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. In other words, it is the process of achieving knowledge, values, skills, beliefs, and moral habits. Francis Bacon once said that “knowledge is power”. This is still true since higher education is a fundamental part of personal, national and global development. Not only does it shape independent minds, but it is also important for the continued growth of the economy. There…

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Quality assurance in higher education

2 June 2019
Categories: General

Quality assurance in higher education institutions has become a major strategic issue.  Defining “quality assurance” is not that simple as it depends on the stakeholders and is based on internal processes. In most cases, institutions are also quality assured by external quality assurance agencies. The Analytic Quality Glossary defines quality assurance as ‘the collections of policies, procedures, systems and practices internal or external to the organisation designed to achieve, maintain and enhance quality’. (Analytic Quality Glossary, updated January 2019) Although quality assurance and the activities ensuring a robust quality assurance system are in many cases expensive and time consuming, it remains a…

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