February 2014

HEPI-HEA House of Commons Breakfast Seminar – Higher education – a fair access challenge?
26 February 2014
A recent report from the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission provided new evidence of the scale of the fair access challenge within HE including an estimate that there are 3,700 state-educated students ‘missing’ from Russell Group universities in England. Part of the explanation, according to the Commission, is that…
Unfinished Business?: Higher education legislation
20 February 2014
The new Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) comments on his first Hepi report, Unfinished Business? Higher education legislation.
Unfinished Business?: Higher education legislation
20 February 2014 by Nick Hillman
The Coalition promised a level playing field for all higher education providers. But that has not happened. In place of a level playing field, we have an unkempt meadow. The report looks at eight pinch points where different rules have emerged without a clear rationale, including: tuition fees and loans; the…