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ReportUK 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…
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With the Party Conference season upon us, HEPI is enjoying the thought-provoking higher education policy debates. At the June 2026 HEPI Annual Conference, we asked colleagues: ‘If…
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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…
Universities are cutting the skills they need most, then paying to rebuild them. Universities are cutting the skills and capabilities they need most, only to pay to rebuild…
