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One Nation University: Spreading opportunity, reducing division and building community

9 December 2021 by Richard Brabner

In a new Debate Paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Richard Brabner, Director of the UPP Foundation, says universities and the Government should adopt…

University strikes reveal uncertainty over who owns online lectures

30 November 2021 by Dr Alexis Brown

As universities gear up for a new round of strikes, taking place from 1 December to 3 December 2021, they may wish to reuse online…

Graduates reveal the financial and psychological burden of student loan debt: ‘It makes you feel sick and horrible’

25 November 2021

In a new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), graduates in England explain their views on…

HEPI comment on the Budget and Spending Review

27 October 2021 by Nick Hillman

Nick Hillman, the Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said: The slowdown in planned public spending on research and development is disappointing. Unlike other…

Expect the unexpected? Six things to look out for in the Spending Review

25 October 2021 by Nick Hillman

HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, looks forward to this week’s Spending Review. If you made me bet hard cash, I would say it currently seems unlikely…

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Latest Blogs

The Impact of travel poverty on education

8 December 2021 by Ross Renton

This blog was contributed by Professor Ross Renton, the inaugural Principal of ARU Peterborough – a new university for the city. ARU Peterborough is being…

Rebooting the regulatory framework

7 December 2021 by Gary Attle

This blog was contributed by Gary Attle, Partner and Head of Education & Governance for Mills & Reeve LLP. During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the…

Perception is reality: changing how graduates see student finance

6 December 2021 by Paul Woodgates

Paul Woodgates is an independent adviser and non-executive director in the HE sector. Perhaps we always suspected that student debt would take its toll on…

The teaching of languages

3 December 2021 by John Claughton

‘Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.’ This blog was contributed by John Claughton, Co-Founder of WoLLoW: The World of…

The pervasive belief in low aspirations could undermine the Government’s ‘reboot’ of widening the doors to higher education

2 December 2021 by David Woolley

This blog was contributed by David Woolley, Director of Student and Community Engagement at Nottingham Trent University. The Government has expressed its intention to refocus…

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