This is a guest blog kindly contributed by Dr Ben Bleasdale, Policy & Advocacy Adviser at the Wellcome Trust As an independent research funder, Wellcome improves health by helping great ideas to thrive. But in an academic system where 22.5% of Biosciences Masters students come from black and minority ethnic…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) is today publishing a collection of essays by senior higher education figures entitled The white elephant in the room: ideas for reducing racial inequality in higher education. The authors are: Baroness Amos, Director of SOAS, University of London; Professor Kalwant Bhopal, Professor of Education…
A guest blog, kindly contributed by Dan Monnery, Director of Strategic Planning, Northumbria University As the dust settles on this year’s undergraduate recruitment round, vice-chancellors, directors of recruitment and finance directos will be reflecting on how many students their institution has been able to attract. Since the marketisation in England,…
It has been a real pleasure working on The New Realists project with Unite Students. It follows on from our joint Reality Check report of 2017. We and many other organisations survey students a lot. But this new report is different because it surveys applicants as well as students and…
A new in-depth study of the UK student population shows students are realistic about the challenges they face and resourceful in how they navigate them to achieve the lives they want. The findings include: 68% of students say they will face more challenges than their parents; loneliness and mental health…
This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Tristram Hooley, Chief Research Officer, Institute of Student Employers Employers report a substantial rise in the number of graduates starting on graduate schemes this year. They have also increased graduates’ pay to make these jobs attractive. It seems to be…
By Ian Koxvold, Head of Education Strategy, PwC I was delighted to be invited to join a panel at the 2019 HEPI annual conference to speak on Future-Proofing the Higher Education landscape – and intimidated to follow excellent talks from Professor Julia Buckingham and the Rt Hon Dame Margaret Hodge…
The UK Government is coming to the end of a major consultation in England on ‘higher technical education’, that is, work-focused qualifications at Level 4 and 5. This consultation is significant not least because it is the first from the Department for Education (DfE) dealing with policy proposals trailed in…
HEPI was honoured to host the UK launch of the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2019 in central London yesterday. It is a data-rich report that takes time to digest properly. So, as a digestive aid, we are listing 15 of the many stand-out facts. (NB In general, though not…