Our new paper by Richard Garner, available on the Publications page, is chock full of anecdotes illustrating his arguments about the best ways for higher education institutions to engage with the media. Here are three of the best. Social media Gone, hopefully, are the days I encountered while working as Education…
On Thursday, 30th March, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) publishes a new report by Richard Garner, the UK’s longest-serving education correspondent, entitled Return on investment? How universities communicate with the outside world (Occasional Paper 16). Drawing on over 35 years’ experience at the Independent, the Mirror and the Times Educational Supplement, the author: recounts initiatives that…
Richard Garner is the UK’s longest-serving education correspondent and has worked at the Times Educational Supplement, the Mirror and the Independent. In this HEPI Occasional Paper, he questions whether universities are making the most of their opportunities to work with the media. Through a series of colourful anecdotes, he reveals…
On Wednesday, 29 March 2017, HEPI and Firetail hosted a roundtable dinner at the House of St Barnabus, London, W1, on how universities can best plan for the future. Chaired by Nick Hillman, HEPI Director, with guest speaker Professor Sir David Eastwood, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Birmingham…
Today – the day that the UK Prime Minister will trigger Article 50 and begin the UK’s two-year journey towards exiting the European Union (EU) – UK students remain concerned about Brexit. As the generation that will have the longest to live with the consequences of the UK’s departure from…
HEPI, in partnership with the UPP Foundation, hosted a roundtable lunch at the British Academy in central London on the topic of ‘Redesigning the higher education system to make it fit for purpose’, with guest speaker Lord (David) Willetts. The lunch brought together a range of senior leaders and policymakers from…
Last year, HEPI recommended letting students register at two GP surgeries – one for where they are during term and the other for the rest of the year. Many people welcomed the idea but, Dr Dominique Thompson, Honorary Secretary of the Student Health Association, argues in this guest blog that…
It’s been a week since I had the pleasure of serving on the judging panel for this year’s Posters in Parliament competition organised by the British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR). The competition aims to showcase the high quality of undergraduate research taking place in universities across the country, giving MPs and…
The challenges facing higher education in 2017 are greater than ever before. There are competitive challenges from abroad, particularly from Asia. The Government is fundamentally changing the regulation of higher education. The UK’s position in the world is changing, underlined by the vote to leave the European Union, and the…
This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by James Pitman, Managing Director Higher Education UK & Europe, Study Group Education is one of our most successful export sectors. It is our fifth largest services sector and the second biggest contributor to our net balance of payments. So why…