This blog is an edited transcript of a speech delivered at the HEPI / PwC conference on the value of higher education by Felicity Mitchell, Independent Adjudicator at the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. An introduction to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator We run the student complaints scheme, reviewing…
We are delighted to host this guest blog by Jonathan Michie, the President of Kellogg College, Oxford. A new report published today calls on all universities to provide adult education and lifelong learning. Indeed, it recommends that this should become a requirement for using the protected term ‘university’. No adult education and lifelong…
At around 9.30pm last night, HEPI’s website notched up its one millionth page view since its last wholesale revamp. As it is the time of year when the music charts fill up with greatest hits collections, we are marking this milestone by listing our Top 40 most popular posts over…
By Jon Wakeford, UPP’s Group Corporate Affairs Director and Chair of the UPP Foundation Today, HEPI publishes its joint report with UPP, Somewhere to live: Why British students study away from home – and why it matters, by the historian William Whyte of St John’s College, Oxford. It makes a vital…
A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute and the University Partnerships Programme (UPP), Somewhere to live: Why British students study away from home – and why it matters by Professor William Whyte, looks at why so many students choose to live away from home. The paper considers the Medieval…
In the UK, students are more likely to live away from home than students in other countries, which affects the nature of the student experience in profound ways. In this paper, the Oxford historian William Whyte considers why the residential model is so dominant, looks at what it means for…
This blog is an edited transcript of a speech delivered by Sir Nigel Carrington, Vice-Chancellor at the University of the Arts, London at the PwC / HEPI conference on the 18th October following Professor Nigel Seaton’s speech, ‘How can institutions best account for the value they deliver?’. PwC are longstanding…
This blog is an edited transcript of a speech delivered by Professor Nigel Seaton, Principal and Vice Chancellor of Abertay University, at the PwC / HEPI conference on the 18th October. PwC are longstanding supporters of research into the Higher Education sector, and without their support the conference would not…
Election manifestoes are a set of promises about what people will do in office. They may not have any official constitutional significance, but they are clearly qualitatively different to other political promises – not least because our revising chamber, the House of Lords, has historically displayed a reluctance to oppose…
Elections are generally characterised by uncertainties but some things are certain. We wouldn’t be having this election if it weren’t for Brexit. The Prime Minister wants the election to be about Brexit, and the opposition parties agreed to an election because of Brexit. The Brexit Party’s announcement that they will…