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Second consecutive year of students reporting better value for money

13 June 2019 by Nick Hillman

The 2019 Student Academic Experience Survey of over 14,000 full-time undergraduate students from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Advance HE shows rising value-for-money…

‘Brave’ leadership in think tanks, politics and universities (including some new data on vice-chancellors’ tenure)

6 June 2019 by Nick Hillman

This blog is an abridged version of a speech delivered by Nick Hillman, HEPI’s Director, to Advance HE’s summit on ‘Brave Leadership – Daring to Lead’, held in Birmingham on…

Lunchtime takeaways: 10 points to note in today’s Augar report (including some overlooked ones)

30 May 2019 by Nick Hillman

Despite the competing political stories around, the publication of the Augar review on post-18 education is already leading to acres of coverage and commentary. At…

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What does Augar mean for more equal social access in the UK?

14 June 2019 by Simon Marginson

This is a guest blog from Professor Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford and Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global…

Should universities contact parents / guardians when students face mental health challenges?

Today’s new Student Academic Experience Survey 2019 from HEPI and Advance HE includes a new question on disclosing mental health challenges to students’ parents and…

Augar and the Four Horses

12 June 2019 by Johnny Rich

A guest blog kindly contributed by Johnny Rich, CEO of the outreach organisation Push At the start of the Augar Review, the panel set out…