April 2018 - HEPI

HEPI calls for an urgent reinvigoration of part-time learning before Brexit, more support for students’ living costs and a co-ordinated strategy for fighting ignorance about university life among those applying for higher education
30 April 2018
In line with this week’s Call for Evidence deadline, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is today publishing its response to the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding, entitled Post-18 Review: 10 Points-of-Note on fixing the broken parts of our education and training system. Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI and…
Post-18 Review: 10 Points-of-Note on fixing the broken parts of our education and training system based on recent HEPI output
30 April 2018 by Nick Hillman
HEPI’s response to the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding covers the following 10 areas: Part-time learners Differential fees Maintenance grants Mixed funding model Uses of tuition fees Misunderstanding among applicants Outreach versus spending on bursaries Accounting treatment of student loans Level 4 and Level 5 qualifications Student number controls…
The Premier League: a league table that really counts?
27 April 2018 by Diana Beech
For those of you interested in the ‘beautiful game’, it probably did not escape your notice that Wolverhampton Wanderers celebrated their promotion to the Premier League earlier this month. This is not just great news for the Club and its fans, but also for the University of Wolverhampton, which has…
Are universities in loco parentis? The good old days or the bad old days?
25 April 2018 by Nick Hillman
In a recent speech to the Office for Students conference, Sam Gyimah the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and the self-styled Minister for Students, said: When these students arrive, for some this will be the first time they are away from home, the ‘uni experience’ can be disorientating…
What we learnt at the HEPI University Partners’ Policy Briefing Day 2018
23 April 2018 by Diana Beech
Last Thursday, HEPI hosted its annual University Partners’ Policy Briefing Day at Birkbeck, University of London. For the HEPI team, the Policy Briefing Day is always one of the highlights of the HEPI calendar, providing us with the opportunity to connect with our valued partners from across the UK higher…
2018 HEPI University Partners’ Annual Policy Briefing Day
19 April 2018
Each year, HEPI organises a day on higher education policy developments exclusively for our HEPI Partner organisations, which provides an opportunity for colleagues within our partner institutions to discuss the key issues that dominate the HE agenda, with the HEPI team and guest speakers providing expert policy advice and guidance.…
The comprehensive and free university
17 April 2018 by Tim Blackman
This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University and author of HEPI Occasional Paper 17 on The Comprehensive University. Professor Blackman writes here in a personal capacity. The Government’s terms of reference for the ‘independent’ panel undertaking the current Review of post-18…
Striking differences: spotlight on student protests in France
16 April 2018 by Diana Beech
Last week I was fortunate to be invited to travel to Paris to speak at a conference hosted by the Institut national d’études demographiques (INED) – the French Institute for Demographic Studies. Most of the conference delegates were French, or at least based in France, so conversations during the coffee…
When should academics speak out, and when should we listen? Thoughts prompted by Michael Ignatieff
12 April 2018 by Nick Hillman
Yesterday, Michael Ignatieff, President of the Central European University in Budapest gave a fantastic address and took part in a lively Q&A at the Centre for Global Higher Education conference at UCL’s Institute of Education. Most of what he said, some of which we have flagged on our Twitter account…
Benchmarking widening participation: how should we measure and report progress?
5 April 2018 by Professor Iain Martin
In this new Policy Note, Professor Iain Martin, Vice Chancellor at Anglia Ruskin University, looks at each university’s success in widening participation and ensuring access to people from all backgrounds. Professor Martin proposes a new measure of equity in participation, which demonstrates graphically the most equal – and most unequal…