This report assesses the evidence that is available so far about enrolments at English universities this year. A central concern about the changes introduced in England in 2012 has been whether they would reduce demand for higher education, and particularly for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. In carrying out this study…
A report published today (8 November) by the Higher Education Policy Institute, assessing all the evidence that is available so far about enrolments at English universities this year, concludes that it is too early to judge whether the Government's higher education reforms take as a whole have discouraged students in…
This report analyses the evidence of the cost of the Government’s reforms to the funding of higher education effective from this year. It concludes that the cost will be much higher than has been admitted, both because repayments of loans is likely to be much lower than claimed and also…
In a report published today (25 October 2012), the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) concludes that the Government's assessment of the cost of its HE policies, and in particular the Resource Accounting and Budgeting cost (the net cost to the Government of the loans that it makes), still depends on…
As students pay more towards the cost of their education, questions are now being raised about whether expenditure on higher education (both personal investment and public expenditure) is so obviously a good investment as before. The balance between the public and private returns is likely to have changed. At the same time,…
The HEPI-HEA conference on the student academic experience took place on 22 May 2012 at the British Academy. The power point presentations of the speakers are reproduced below.
This report analyses the findings of the 2012 survey of various aspects of the student experience, including the amount of contact students have with their staff, the size of teaching groups, and the overall number of hours they devote to their studies. It updates the results of earlier surveys conducted in 2006…
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HEPI’s Ninth Annual Lecture was given by Professor Choon Fong Shih, President of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, at the Royal Geographic Society on 10 May 2012. His lecture was entitled ‘”Towards a New Golden Age”.
This report considers whether the process of devolution in the UK has encouraged the development of more distinctive HE policies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since 1999, and assesses the impact of devolution on the HE sectors in those nations, concluding that a number of common themes are emerging.