The Higher Education Policy Institute is today publishing University governance in a new age of regulation: A conversation between Professor Steven Jones and Nick Hillman, with a Foreword by Professor Michael Shattock (HEPI Report 119). The report looks at the changing roles of, and growing demands on, governors of higher education institutions.…
This exchange about university governance by one academic governor and one lay governor considers: the balance between governors and managers; the disconnect between academics and governors; and • the changing demands on governors. A Foreword by Michael Shattock, the former Registrar of Warwick University and the co-author of The Governance of…
This guest blog has been kindly written for us by David Best, Director of Analysis and Insights at UCAS UCAS has been providing school and area-level contextual data (e.g. POLAR3) to universities for over a decade. So we were delighted to see students’ views expressed in the recent HEPI Report mirror…
This blog has been contributed by Professor Martin Paul, President of Maastricht University Last year I was in London waiting for a friend when a young man approached me. To my surprise, he recognised me, and said: ‘You are Martin Paul. I am a UK citizen and I studied law at Maastricht and I just…
This blog has been kindly contributed by Mary Curnock Cook, HE expert and senior adviser with Cairneagle Associates, and Christoffer Fogtdal, Strategy Consultant at Cairneagle Associates This analysis of the UK A level entries and outcomes is designed to get under the skin of trends for A level subjects and to…
This blog has been contributed by Professor Colin McCaig, Sheffield Hallam University. With the publication of, and ongoing fall-out from, the Augar Review of Post-18 Finance, it has become clear that there is a surprising degree of misunderstanding about various aspects of the HE market established in England over the…
Past, Present, Future: The prevalence of the residential model in the UK Higher Education sector and implications for future policy. For many students, there are big advantages as they move away from home to enrol on what they perceive to be the best course for them, and, arguably, residential higher…
Past, Present, Future: The prevalence of the residential model in the UK Higher Education sector and implications for future policy For many students, there are big advantages as they move away from home to enrol on what they perceive to be the best course for them, and, arguably, residential higher…
With universities now facing greater scrutiny than ever before, and with a new regulatory regime designed to create a step-change in access and participation, the key focus now is not just on “getting in” but also on “getting on”. The sector is awash with data on the student experience but…
HEPI will be hosting the UK launch of the OECD’s flagship Education at a Glance Report 2019 on Tuesday 10th September, supported by Pearson. The annual OECD Education at a Glance Report provides key comparative data and assessment on education systems around the world. For further information please contact Sarah…