Thoughts on today’s (woefully-disappointing) Migration Advisory Committee report on international students.
They have very odd things to say about including students in a net migration target. In fact, they are trying to ride two horses at the same time. First, they say there is no […]
What have people been reading about higher education in 2017/18?
The HEPI year runs from the start of August to the end of July and so, recently, we have been taking stock of our 2017/18 year. It was (by far) the busiest one ever on […]
Universities and Integration – An Opportunity
This guest blog has been Kindly provided by Fitzroy Morrissey of All Souls College, Oxford.
In March 2018, the Government published its Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper, which set out some ideas about how to respond to […]
David versus Goliath: The past, present and future of students’ unions in the UK
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is publishing a report on the past, present and future of students’ unions in the UK. Released just before the new academic year begins, the report traces the […]
New funding package means less cash and higher debts for Welsh students
A study by the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), published on Thursday, 30 August 2018, looks at the new student finance regime being introduced by Labour and the Liberal Democrats in Wales, which remains poorly […]
Fixing our biggest skills gap: New report calls on universities to reverse the collapse in technical education
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is today publishing a new paper, Filling in the biggest skills gap: Increasing learning at Levels 4 and 5, on reviving the layers of education that lie between school-leaving […]