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alex.ihe.ac.uk
Dipping my toe in these blue waters… Chief Executive of Independent Higher Education - https://ihe.ac.uk Enthusiastic purveyor of dark + silly comedy, alternative + shamelessly pop music, and the greatest of all art forms, disco Twitter @alexproudfootuk
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Sooner or later, one of three things is going to happen. Universities can find money at home, or they can find it abroad. But if they don’t find it, some are going under. In defence of international students.

submitted 57 days ago • 18 comments

NEW on Wonkhe: For IHE chief executive Alex Proudfoot, it is time to strengthen all academic partnerships, not just some buff.ly/1kkcj7b

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Read my statement in response to this proposal from DfE: ihe.ac.uk/latest/news/...

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

Good evening! Coming up in @feweek.bsky.social edition 480: 🚕Council SEND transport cuts trigger safety fears 🛑OfS pause puts in-demand courses in growth sectors on ice 🏎️How to ‘fast-track’ house-building apprenticeships PLUS...

submitted 189 days ago • 1 comment

One training provider has spent a year developing a hospitality degree apprenticeship with 350 places committed by employers That now can’t go ahead because of this

submitted 189 days ago • 0 comments

Front page coverage in FE Week today of the damaging decision to suspend OfS applications this week quoting me and some tertiary providers directly affected. Also in same issue an expert analysis by @smitajamdar.bsky.social on the shaky legal basis of the move.

submitted 189 days ago • 1 comment

I go into more detail here on why the OfS decision is so disappointing + a mistake. Students will suffer. Just not the students OfS is looking for. The main point I hope people take away is that the HE sector is so much larger + more complex than acknowledged. Paradigm shift in regulation needed.

submitted 192 days ago • 0 comments

NEW on Wonkhe: Independent HE has faced issues with registration and degree awarding powers processes for years. For Alex Proudfoot, the OfS decision to pause this statutory activity is the latest in a long line of mistakes https://buff.ly/49iTa0K

submitted 192 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks for reporting IHE’s response to this incredibly disappointing news today.

submitted 192 days ago • 0 comments

Clearly I haven’t quite fully engaged work mode on this here platform yet… But as I see quite a few of your are talking about today’s OfS news, here is IHE’s statement on the matter: ihe.ac.uk/latest/news/...

submitted 192 days ago • 1 comment

I guess I must be in an education sector starter pack - hello new Bluesky friends! I am on holiday for the next two weeks but when I’m back I promise to start delivering some top quality education policy content and even more terrible jokes. You lucky things..

submitted 298 days ago • 1 comment

Hello Blue-skydivers. How are you finding it? It may take me a while to actually use this much, as it is only available on a phone app, and I am predominantly an iPad and Mac tweeter. My phone screen is far too small for either comfortable typing or satisfyingly procrastinatory doom scrolling!

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