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ReportWe are delighted to be publishing HEPI’s Annual Review for 2025/26 The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is an Oxford-based charity founded in 2002. UK-wide, independent and non-partisan, it is…
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This blog by Nick Hillman OBE, HEPI’s CEO, is based on a speech delivered to senior managers and governors at the University of Winchester. I began my career…
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We are delighted to be publishing HEPI’s Annual Review for 2025/26 The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is an Oxford-based charity founded in 2002. UK-wide, independent and non-partisan, it is…
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…
