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New HEPI report reveals over 350,000 more higher education places will be needed in England by 2035 to keep up with demand, while Scotland will see a decline in demand for places over the same period, despite increased participation in higher education

22 October 2020

The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new report looking at future demand for higher education places in the UK over the next fifteen…

Access to higher education before, during and after the pandemic – by Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access and Participation

30 September 2020 by Chris Millward

This blog was kindly contributed by Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students, who is taking part in a free HEPI…

New polling shows students’ support for the Labour Party has grown under Keir Starmer and students have become more politicised since the start of 2020

24 September 2020

Students’ voting patterns are often assumed but, as our recent report on the role of student voters in the last four elections has shown, their role can…

At the 2019 General Election, Labour’s vote share was 25 percentage points higher in student constituencies – and the Conservatives’ vote share was 25 percentage points lower

17 September 2020 by Nick Hillman

The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new report on student voters at the last four UK general elections (2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019).…

HEPI’s Annual Soft-Power Ranking, 2020: The UK slips further behind the US

27 August 2020 by Nick Hillman

The Higher Education Policy Institute has published the HEPI Annual Soft-Power Ranking 2020, which looks at the countries that have educated the most serving world…

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Latest Blogs

Three problems: Important omissions from David Goodhart’s assault on universities (life expectancy, student choice and degree content)

23 October 2020 by Nick Hillman

We are spoilt for choice when it comes to interesting new books on education policy at the moment, which is why HEPI’s blog has been…

Ron Barnett: Will the future ever come?

21 October 2020 by Ron Barnett

This blog was kindly contributed by Ron Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London Institute of Education and Honorary Fellow of St Mary’s…

Providing and maintaining confidence in UK Transnational Higher Education into the 2020s

20 October 2020 by Rowena Pelik

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Rowena Pelik, who is now freelance with H.E. Quality Enhancement Services Ltd., after a career…

Uncertainty persists: What does the latest British Council survey tell us about international students in 2020/21?

19 October 2020 by Matt Durnin

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Matt Durnin, who is Global Head of Insights & Consultancy within the International Education Services…

The Future of Higher Education After COVID – by Nick Hillman

16 October 2020 by Nick Hillman

When asked to expound on the full impact of COVID on higher education, I am tempted to say – like the supposed comment about the…

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