This blog was written by Sarah Barr Miller, Head of Insight and Consultancy, UCAS Media. Sarah’s team helps providers make informed data-led decisions through the provision of data products and services. She delivers UCAS’ data consultancy offer, providing actionable insight for universities and colleges. Black History Month 2020 is a…
This blog was contributed by Paul Raybould, Marketing Director at QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The UK is a global leader in higher education – it is one of our greatest exports. The UK is home to 6 of the top 20 universities in the world according to our QS world university…
This guest blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech (Chief Executive) and Jack O’Neill (Policy & Projects Officer) from London Higher – the body representing the diversity of higher education provision in London. The latest HEPI report looking at future demand for higher education predicts big gains for…
This HEPI / London Met webinar brought together leading voices and insight from universities and local government to look at the role of universities in their local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chaired by Nick Hillman, the Director of HEPI, the discussion was led by: Professor Lynn Dobbs, Vice-Chancellor…
This blog was kindly contributed by Gabi Binnie, Policy and Research Manager at AGCAS. As we engage in discourse that acknowledges the past and looks to the future, Black History Month offers a timely reminder of the interventions needed across higher education to tackle the Black, Asian and minority ethnic…
In this blog Mary Curnock Cook, Network Chair at Emerge Education, and Jack Hylands, Co-Founder/CEO of FourthRev, review the role of edtech and emerging opportunities for universities in the COVID era. You can find Mary on Twitter @MaryCurnockCook . Recent conversations with dozens of university leaders and faculty have confirmed…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Paul Vincent Smith, Head of Student Support Services, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. You can find Paul on Twitter @Paul27326740 Many universities, including my own, now monitor student interaction with a virtual learning environment (VLE) and are able to produce analytic…
We are spoilt for choice when it comes to interesting new books on education policy at the moment, which is why HEPI’s blog has been running more book reviews than normal. One of the most thought-provoking is the new book by David Goodhart, the old Etonian son of one of…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new report looking at future demand for higher education places in the UK over the next fifteen years. The report, Demand for Higher Education to 2035 by Rachel Hewitt, builds and expands on HEPI’s long history of exploring demand for higher education. The…
This report is the latest in a series of HEPI reports on future demand for higher education, looking at demographics and participation rates to develop projections of demand for higher education to 2035. By looking across the UK, the report shows how patterns of demand could change over the next…