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Just one cohort of international students who stay in the UK to work pay £3.2 billion in tax – and they aren’t taking jobs from UK citizens

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Kaplan International Pathways (Kaplan) are today publishing new research commissioned from London Economics on the financial contributions of…

Why today’s International Education Strategy is welcome but guaranteed to fail unless we adopt more ambitious policies

16 March 2019 by Nick Hillman

Today’s new educational exports strategy is welcome. It puts hard numbers on what we can achieve, which usefully focuses minds. There is a new target…

Students back bailouts – new poll shows students want Government action if their university fails

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has released the only dedicated study on what UK students think about the financial health of universities, Students back bailouts:…

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Shakira Martin on Widening participation

22 March 2019 by Shakira Martin

This is a guest blog based on the speech Shakira Martin gave at HEPI/Advance HE’s House of Commons seminar on Widening Participation. Widening participation in…

Response to HEPI’s International Students research from Shadow Higher and Further Education Minister, Gordon Marsden MP

21 March 2019 by Gordon Marsden MP

Responding to the Higher Education Policy Institute and Kaplan International Pathways research commissioned from London Economics on the financial contributions of international students, Shadow Higher…

Has Derry’s time come? The case for expanding HE in Northern Ireland’s second city

20 March 2019 by Jonny Roberts

A guest blog contributed by Jonny Roberts, Associate Editor at Westminster Forum Projects where he previously led the Westminster Higher Education Forum and was involved…