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Making things happen: Coventry University’s contribution to regional growth

11 July 2025 by Clive Winters

When levelling up was popular in political and media circles, it was a source of bemusement to some of us in Higher Education. After all,…

Beyond Hype and Fluff: Lessons for AI from 25 Years of EdTech

10 July 2025 by Rod Bristow

I am an advocate for education technology. It is a growing force for good, providing great solutions to real problems: Products and services that solve…

Don’t believe the hype: the Government and state school admissions to Oxford University

In a speech on Friday, the Minister for Skills, Baroness Smith, strongly chastised her alma mater, the University of Oxford, for taking a third of their entrants…

The state of the UK higher education sector’s finances

8 July 2025 by Jack Booth and Maike Halterbeck

In recent years, financial pressures have mounted across the entirety of the UK higher education (HE) sector, and have left many institutions in an exceptionally…

Can a university be civic if it fails to invest in local relationships?

7 July 2025 by Julian Dobson

The Government wants English universities to play a greater civic role in their localities. But new research shows universities are failing to invest in the…

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Unite Students Applicant Index shows student wellbeing surpasses pre-pandemic levels for the first time

Today, Unite Students is launching the 2025 edition of its Applicant Index in partnership with HEPI. Student wellbeing has surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first…

What the next generation of entrepreneurial university leaders need to know

The higher education sector is navigating one of the most challenging periods in its history, marked by financial uncertainty, rapid technological transformation, demographic shifts and…

Thank you

This note is by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman. I’m over the moon and completely surprised to have had my work in higher education policy since…

More than two-thirds of full-time students now undertake paid work during term time, major survey reveals

A record 68% of students now work during term time, reshaping study habits amid rising cost-of-living pressures.

Universities are boxed in: Is there a way out?

In a new HEPI Debate Paper, Universities are boxed in: Is there a way out?, Professors Diana Beech and André Spicer of City St George’s, University…

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