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New report says R&D spending should focus on the regions as part of ‘levelling up’

21 October 2021

Catching the wave: harnessing regional research and development to level up (HEPI Report 144) by Professor Mary Stuart and Liz Shutt shows how university research…

International students need more relevant careers support if UK is to remain a destination of choice

14 October 2021 by Nick Hillman

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Kaplan are publishing new research on the expectations and experiences of international students in relation to careers support…

The state of higher education at the start of the 2021 academic year

8 October 2021 by Nick Hillman

These are the remarks made by Nick Hillman, HEPI’s Director, last night to the University Marketing Forum’s dinner. Introduction Thank you for inviting me to…

HEPI announces the next stage in its development

1 October 2021 by Nick Hillman

The Higher Education Policy Institute is an influential Oxford-based think tank and charity established in 2002 to improve the higher education debate using evidence. Today,…

How to boost higher education and cut public spending by David Willetts

30 September 2021

In a new paper published by the Higher Education Policy Institute, the Rt Hon. the Lord (David) Willetts, the former Minister for Universities and Science…

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Latest Blogs

Universities in an Era of Neo-Nationalism

22 October 2021 by John Aubrey Douglass

This blog was kindly contributed by John Aubrey Douglass, Senior Research Fellow and Research Professor at University of California, Berkeley. To varying degrees, universities are…

The rebalancing-act of public research and development

20 October 2021 by Connor Mckenzie

This blog was kindly contributed by Connor Mckenzie, Head of Policy and Research at MillionPlus. You can follow them on Twitter @million_plus. The recent cabinet…

Why higher education should take the ‘signalling critique’ seriously – and what that might look like

19 October 2021 by Chris Percy & Dr Aveek Bhattacharya

This blog was kindly contributed by Chris Percy and Dr Aveek Bhattacharya, regarding their recent publication with the Social Market Foundation. They are both on…

Employability and international students: two sabbatical officers reflect

18 October 2021 by Nana Fredua Agyeman and Kwame Asamoah Kwarteng

This blog was kindly contributed by Nana Fredua Agyeman and Kwame Asamoah Kwarteng, international students and former sabbatical officers at the University of Manchester Students’…

A new educational divide and a gamble on the future of other people’s children

18 October 2021 by Dean Machin

Today’s blog was kindly contributed by Dean Machin, Head of Policy at the University of Portsmouth. Dean is writing in a personal capacity. Today, the…

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