(Parliamentary copyright reproduced with permission) Dear Members of the House of Lords, The Higher Education and Research Bill has its Second Reading in the Lords on Tuesday, 6th December 2016. It is an opportunity to discuss the overarching themes in the proposed legislation and any potential improvements. There is an…
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) makes forecasts for future student numbers because of the knock-on consequences for public expenditure. I have pointed out the apparent pessimism in their forecasts more than once before – see here and here – and have also visited them to discuss their figures. We…
This guest blog has been kindly provided by Rod Bristow, President, Core Markets for Pearson. A College to Career Pathway for Students in Britain and the World This week, we are publishing the annual data for nearly three-quarters of a million BTEC qualifications taken in the past academic year. The…
HEPI Roundtable Dinner in partnership with the UPP Foundation on university access with guest speakers Alan Rusbridger, Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor, Middlesex University. Invite-only. For further information please contact Sarah Isles, HEPI Development Director, [email protected]
Source: http://ukcomics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Numskulls The recent WonkHE Power List 2016 was a bit of fun with a serious purpose. Asking who wields influence over any policy area is a really good question – even though, as with all the other higher education league tables, we can argue over the results. (I declare an…
In New Zealand, the third arrest of a student loan defaulter has recently taken place and a new data matching arrangement to identify defaulters resident in Australia has begun. The UK could learn from these successful initiatives. Like the UK, New Zealand faces severe challenges in recouping student debt, particularly when…
Earlier today, I delivered the speech below to the Headmasters and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) / Girls’ School Association (GSA) annual University Admissions Conference at the University of Leicester. The speech: argues that independent schools often pick the wrong battles and could instead focus on the strengths they have in common with…
HEPI Roundtable Dinner on the future for research with guest speaker Gareth Davies, Director General, Business & Science, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Invite-only, supported by Elsevier. For further information please contact Sarah Isles, HEPI Development Director, [email protected]
HEPI has undertaken a small piece of desk research on the tenure of university leaders over the past half a century. For a full explanation of the chart below, see the new blog outlining the research on the Times Higher website. Postscript (added 4th November, 2016): We generally aim to make…