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Month: August 2020

  • HEPI webinar ‘In Conversation’ with Clare Marchant, UCAS Chief Executive

    6 August 2020

    ***UPDATE*** The session can now be watched by clicking on the video below. HEPI, with support from UCAS, is delighted to announce an ‘In Conversation’ webinar with Clare Marchant, Chief Executive of UCAS, to be held on Tuesday 11 August 2020 at 10am – 10.30am. Ahead of this year’s A-Levels results…

  • Call for a new approach on the affordability, regulation and cost of student accommodation

    6 August 2020

    The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new report on the burgeoning student accommodation sector. Student Accommodation: The Facts (HEPI Analytical Paper 2) by Sarah Jones and Martin Blakey shows 1.2 million students rent their housing, split between university-provided accommodation (28%), private purpose-built student accommodation (27%) and shared student houses (45%). The…

  • Student Accommodation: The Facts

    6 August 2020 by Sarah Jones and Martin Blakey

    This report provides:  some key definitions for the student accommodation sector in the UK;  a market overview; and  a number of policy options – these are not intended as a comprehensive menu for change, but explore some areas where future thoughts could be focussed and outcomes improved. 

  • Hong Kong University students’ online learning experiences under the Covid-19 pandemic

    3 August 2020 by Weiyan Xiong, Jin Jiang, & Ka Ho Mok

    This blog was kindly contributed by a team of researchers at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. They are Weiyan Xiong, Assistant Professor (Research), Jin Jiang, Assistant Professor (Research), and Ka Ho Mok, Chair Professor of Comparative Policy. Online Learning in the COVID-19 Pandemic Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, online…