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How to turn around a university: Lessons from personal experience

16 March 2023 by Professor Susan Lea

The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new report by Professor Susan Lea, the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, entitled Turning Around a…

London students are more satisfied with their experience than those elsewhere in England

A new report published by HEPI and London Higher, Living and Learning in London: What the HEPI / Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey tells us…

Unleash the levelling up potential of universities by attracting foreign investment into UK innovation

Universities to leverage global connections to help drive local growth Blueprint for government to work with sector to address long-term decline in UK inward investment…

Where do we go from here? Quality assurance in English higher education

16 February 2023 by Andrew M Boggs

After March 2023, the UK-wide Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) will stop being the Designated Quality Body for English higher education, as the QAA wants to…

Two-thirds of the public in England want the reintroduction of maintenance grants for the poorest students – but only 10% think students should be prioritised for help with the cost of living

2 February 2023 by HEPI and UPP Foundation

Two-thirds of the public in England support the reintroduction of maintenance grants for the poorest students, but only one-in-ten of the public (10%) think students…

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Smell the CofI: Protecting free speech in universities from Corbynistas, right-wing populists and those wanting to smash capitalism?

20 March 2023 by Nick Hillman

In this blog, HEPI Director Nick Hillman takes a look at a book on the contentious issue of free speech inside universities. Last week, Nick…

Beyond the transactional: Three lessons from Australia for Foreign Direct Investment in research and development (R&D)

17 March 2023 by Professor Aleks Subic

Midlands Innovation is a strategic research partnership of eight research intensive universities. Universities in the Midlands and the pan-regional growth body, the Midlands Engine, are…

Making Arts and Humanities matter

15 March 2023 by Professor Abigail Woods

This guest blog in our series on leadership with the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education, NCEE, has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor…

Why the Chancellor needs to address the loss of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in his Budget tomorrow

14 March 2023 by Ellie Russell

This blog is by Ellie Russell, Deputy Head of Policy at University Alliance @UniAlliance. Q: ‘How did the Brexit chicken cross the road?’ A: ‘I…

Graduate employability takes top spot in the battle of the metrics – so it’s time we understood it better

13 March 2023 by Dr Harriet Dunbar-Morris and Tom Lowe

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Dr Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Dean of Learning and Teaching at the University of Portsmouth, and Tom…

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