If we value autonomy, we should be wary of inadvertently encouraging more state intervention
I dropped by the Barbican at the weekend, for the Battle of Ideas. It was my third visit to the annual festival to take part in a stimulating event about higher education. This time, […]
Aligning Post-18 Entitlements and Apprenticeship Funding
This guest blog has been kindly contributed by Mark Corney, who is a post-16 education and labour market consultant.
Recommendations by the Independent Panel on Post-18 Education and Funding are awaiting advice from the Office […]
The Statistics Authority versus the DfE: Round X
At HEPI Towers, we’ve been discussing the latest spat between the UK Statistics Authority and the Department for Education about education spending. In a new exchange of letters, the Department has largely backed down.
But […]
Targeted Tuition Fees: Is means-testing the answer?
The UK’s Higher Education Policy Institute and Canada’s Higher Education Strategy Associates are jointly publishing a new research paper on charging people from poorer backgrounds less for higher education. Targeted Tuition Fees: Is means-testing […]
David versus Goliath: The past, present and future of students’ unions in the UK
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is publishing a report on the past, present and future of students’ unions in the UK. Released just before the new academic year begins, the report traces the […]
New funding package means less cash and higher debts for Welsh students
A study by the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), published on Thursday, 30 August 2018, looks at the new student finance regime being introduced by Labour and the Liberal Democrats in Wales, which remains poorly […]