After the trials and tribulations of the past week, the release of the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data on Tuesday at least provided the higher education sector with a welcome sense of ‘business as usual’. For those unfamiliar with the LEO data, these are experimental statistics on the employment and…
Since the nation woke up on Friday morning to the news of a hung parliament, one party from Northern Ireland has found itself thrust into the limelight as the key to sustaining another Conservative term in office. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – Northern Ireland’s largest political party, representing a…
A few days ago, we imagined how the first conversation between a new Universities Minister, should there be one after the election, and his most senior official might go. Here, Dr Dean Machin, Strategic Policy Adviser at the University of Portsmouth, imagines the same conversation taking a rather different course. Minister: So what is our most…
The UK-wide HEPI / HEA Survey was first undertaken in 2006. This year’s results are challenging, showing students have: falling perceptions of value for money; continue to display relatively low wellbeing compared to the rest of the population; and have yet to love England’s high-fees model of funding undergraduate education. There are…
The 2017 Student Academic Experience Survey, published today by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) reveals: how hard students are working; how satisfied they are with their lives; and what they think of recent government policies. Over 14,000 full-time undergraduates took part in the survey…
With the wave of change disrupting universities at the moment designed to make institutions more responsive to their students, the HEPI Annual Conference brings together senior leaders and policymakers from across the sector to consider the challenge of how to create a university for students: What does a university for students…
With just one week to go until the General Election, HEPI is asking the political parties for their views on higher education issues. We are asking the same 5 questions to all parties. In this post, Sarah Olney, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Richmond Park, has given her views in…
Now that we are in the week of the general election, we could be just days away from a new Universities and Science Minister – the third in three years. Either the Conservatives lose the election, in which place a new Minister is guaranteed, or they win, in which case…
On 8th June, the UK will head to the polls again, bringing an end to a General Election campaign that has been characterised by sharp slogans. ‘Strong and stable’ has become the mantra of Theresa May and we are now waiting to see if the nation will reward her with…
With just one week to go until the General Election, HEPI is asking the political parties for their views on higher education issues. We are asking the same 5 questions to all parties. The third post in our series comes from the Scottish National Party (SNP). These answers were kindly provided…