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ReportThe US and UK lead the world in soft power: ‘The HEPI Soft-Power Index – 10th edition’ shows far more world leaders were educated in America and Britain than…
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This blog was kindly authored by Lord David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014, author of A University Education (2017) and President of the Resolution…
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The US and UK lead the world in soft power: ‘The HEPI Soft-Power Index – 10th edition’ shows far more world leaders were educated in America and Britain than…

UK universities ‘carry private-sector exposure at public-sector speed’: Lessons from America. A new HEPI Policy Note, Risk and Resilience: What UK higher education can learn from the United…

Reversing the “death spiral” in language learning: New report highlights severely unequal participation in language GCSEs. A new Policy Note from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), Language GCSEs in…




