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Grammar schools significantly increase the chances of disadvantaged pupils reaching highly-selective universities, especially Oxbridge

10 January 2019

A new paper published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) looks at the impact of selective schools in ensuring progress to higher education. The…

KEF: showing excellence in a framework?

9 January 2019 by Rachel Hewitt

Today Research England have launched the second round of consultation on the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). The aspiration for this third form of excellence framework…

Migration white paper lists NINE new obstacles for European students – and misses two more

19 December 2018 by Nick Hillman

In response to the Home Office’s new migration white paper, Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said: The migration white paper puts…

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A Friday thought: Should universities do more to help deliver non-selective schooling?

18 January 2019 by Nick Hillman

Over the past week, HEPI has been at the centre of a social media storm about academic selection. Last week, we published a report in…

Lecture from America

17 January 2019 by Peter Ainsworth

A guest blog kindly contributed by Peter Ainsworth, Managing Director of Equimatrix, and author of Universities Challenged: Funding Higher Education through a Free-Market ‘Graduate Tax’…

1 school exam grade in 4 is wrong. Does this matter?

15 January 2019 by Dennis Sherwood

A guest blog kindly contributed by Dennis Sherwood, who runs the Silver Bullet Machine consultancy. Last August, 811,776 A level and 5,470,076 GCSE grades were awarded to candidates in England, Wales and…