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Universities ‘should do more to prevent student homelessness’

21 July 2022 by Greg Hurst

A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Could universities do more to end homelessness? (HEPI Debate Paper 30) by Greg Hurst, argues universities should do…

Why University Governors Should Do More to Protect Academic Quality

14 July 2022 by Dr Alex Bols

A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Why it is time for university governors to do more on academic quality (HEPI Policy Note 36), notes…

Ensuring the most disadvantaged minorities in UK education – Gypsies, Roma and Travellers – have fairer opportunities

7 July 2022 by Dr Laura Brassington

HEPI is hosting a free webinar on the issues covered by this new report at 11am today. Sign up details here. The Higher Education Policy…

‘You can’t say that!’ – New polling shows students want more controls on free expression

23 June 2022 by Nick Hillman

The Higher Education Policy Institute has polled 1,000 full-time undergraduates on free speech issues via YouthSight, a market research company specialising in students’ views. The…

Students signal significant bounce-back in the value of their studies

The Advance HE/HEPI 2022 Student Academic Experience Survey shows student perceptions of value for money and other key indicators have shifted positively towards pre-Covid levels.…

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Wellbeing and Resilience: The role of tutors

5 August 2022 by Fabienne Vailes

This blog was kindly contributed by Fabienne Vailes. An educational expert with almost 25 years of experience in the sector, Fabienne is on a mission to…

Supervising the culture wars: a survival guide for the liberal establishment

4 August 2022 by Edward Venning

This book review was contributed by Edward Venning, a consultant on social risk in education and the creative industries. Edward formerly worked at UAL as…

Answering the Challenges to Open Access: The ‘5 Cs’

3 August 2022 by Sarah Chaytor

This blog was kindly contributed by Sarah Chaytor, Director of Research Strategy & Policy at UCL. Sarah’s blog is based on her opening remarks at the…

The Race Equality Charter at the University of Manchester

2 August 2022 by Dawn Edge, Banji Adewumi, Fran Guratsky and Tahira Majothi

This blog was kindly provided by Dawn Edge, Banji Adewumi, Fran Guratsky and Tahira Majothi at the University of Manchester. July marked the start of…

Age doesn’t matter: embracing ‘early-career research’ mid-life

1 August 2022 by Kerith Esterhuizen

Kerith Esterhuizen is a mature PhD student at the University of Winchester. Kerith’s doctoral thesis explores transformative employability pedagogy in a higher education institution. At…

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