Some headlines on university entry from A-Level results day by Mary Curnock Cook
This guest blog has been kindly provided to HEPI by Mary Curnock Cook, Senior Adviser to Cairneagle, a member of the HEPI Advisory Board and the former Chief Executive of UCAS.
The UCAS data published […]
How to land a jumbo jet on a postage stamp
I have been asked a lot, particularly by journalists, about the vagaries of the university application system – and clearing in particular – this past week. It is a peculiar, difficult and stressful process […]
How should we respond to reports of a declining graduate premium?
HEPI has occasionally published hard-to-find and interesting historic educational documents, such as Anthony Crosland’s 1965 Woolwich speech heralding polytechnics and Ken Baker’s Lancaster speech extolling the virtues of expanding higher education.
Another important but often […]
Some new perspectives on the 2018 A level results: STEM gap remains but decline in foreign languages exaggerated
This blog has been Kindly provided to HEPI by Mary Curnock Cook, Senior Advisor, Cairneagle Associates, as well as a HEPI Advisory Board member and a former CEO of UCAS.
Background
Aggregate data on A level results […]
UK slips behind the US, which takes the number one slot, for educating the world’s leaders
The United States has become the country that has educated more serving world leaders than any other, just displacing the UK from the top spot.
Among serving monarchs, presidents and prime ministers who undertook higher […]
Mary Curnock Cook: Is it time for a gentlefolks’ agreement among Vice-Chancellors to abandon unconditional offers?
Today’s report from UCAS highlights the stratospheric rise of unconditional (U) offers on the university admissions scene. Since 2013, when the University of Birmingham made the first controversial move, the practice of confirming places […]