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New report shows big increase in demand for mental health support among higher education staff

A new Occasional Paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute reveals a big increase in the number of university staff accessing counselling and occupational health…

New report calls for universities to start tracking the well-being of their staff

Measuring well-being in higher education (HEPI Policy Note 13) by Rachel Hewitt, Director of Policy and Advocacy at HEPI, highlights the need to distinguish between mental…

How safe is your data? New report on cyber security in higher education

HEPI and Jisc have today jointly published How safe is your data? Cyber-security in higher education (HEPI Policy Note 12). The paper reveals: under penetration testing…

Latest Blogs

The university has become an anxiety machine

23 May 2019 by Liz Morrish

A guest blog kindly contributed by Dr Liz Morrish, author of today’s new HEPI Occasional Paper 20: Pressure Vessels: The epidemic of poor mental health…

The Conservatoire Crisis: suggestions from Oxbridge

22 May 2019 by Scott Caizley

A guest blog kindly contributed by Scott Caizley, who is a PhD researcher at Kings College London looking at the experiences of low-income state school…

Oxford University’s sea-change on widening access: leadership and management of a quiet transformation

21 May 2019 by Lucian J. Hudson

Lucian J. Hudson writes in a personal capacity. He is interim Director of Public Affairs and Communications at Oxford University, and a past Director of…