Shaping Policy, Enhancing Higher Education

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is the UK’s leading independent think tank for higher education. HEPI hosts events and publishes research, analysis and commentary to inform policy, support debate and shape the future of higher education.

Latest from HEPI

Building Bridges: Maximising support for public investment in science and research. A new paper by research impact specialists at UCL, From investment to outcomes: Capabilities to deliver purposeful public investment in…

Author
Sarah Chaytor and Grace Gottlieb
Published
19 February 2026

City St George’s: HEPI report sets out practical insights and recommendations from a landmark university merger. A new HEPI report, ‘We believe this is the way to do it’: Exploring the…

Author
Simon Watts and Amy Ripley
Published
12 February 2026

A new paper by Dr Katharine Hubbard, Making Metrics Matter: Tackling Racial Inequity in Higher Education (HEPI Debate Paper 43), argues progress towards racial equity in English higher education has been ‘notoriously…

Author
Dr Katharine Hubbard
Published
5 February 2026
Date
11 June 2026
Format
In-person
Admission
Open-to-all