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#ShoutOutForGerman – A case for language learning and German at British Universities

17 March 2025 by The German Embassy and the German Academic Exchange Service

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by colleagues at the German Embassy in London and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). #ShoutOutForGerman – this is…

The Graduate Route — the most undervalued tool at the Treasury’s disposal to drive growth in the UK.

15 March 2025 by James Pitman

The HEPI blog was kindly authored by James Pitman, Chair of IHE and Managing Director U.K. and Ireland, Study Group The Graduate Route has been…

Greater width and greater depth: changing higher education in an electronic age

14 March 2025 by Ronald Barnett

Higher education must undergo a deep and wide transformation to address rapid global changes, shifting student identities, and evolving learning needs.

How can evolving student attitudes inform institutional Gen-AI initiatives?

13 March 2025 by Isabelle Bristow

This HEPI blog was authored by Isabelle Bristow, Managing Director UK and Europe at Studiosity. In a HEPI blog published almost a year ago, Student…

Level 7 Apprenticeships: Babies and Bathwater

12 March 2025 by Johnny Rich

Last September, the Prime Minister announced a “rebalancing” of funding from the apprenticeship levy (shortly to become the Growth and Skills Levy). Employers’ ability to…

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Explaining the ‘Swing to Science’ among UK pupils

For decades, pundits and politicians have been talking about a ‘swing to science’ – a shift of students in schools and universities from the study…

HEPI/Kortext AI survey shows explosive increase in the use of generative AI tools by students

26 February 2025 by Josh Freeman

HEPI and Kortext launch the Student Generative AI Survey 2025, showing striking increases in Generative AI usage among students.

The UK’s longest serving vice-chancellor says ‘the real challenges are only now emerging’

20 February 2025

In a new paper written for the Higher Education Policy Institute, Five Decades: One Lens – A view from the rear stalls, the longest serving university leader…

New HEPI report investigates whether the school and college curriculum prepares students for university

13 February 2025

*** Join us at 12:30pm, Wednesday 5 March for a webinar on how the school and college curriculum can prepare students for higher education –…

New HEPI report tells the inside story of the pro-Palestine encampments on UK campuses

30 January 2025 by Josh Freeman

The HEPI report provides an in-depth analysis of the 2024 student encampments protesting for Palestine, highlighting their motivations, challenges, and institutional responses.

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