This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Gary Gates, Senior Vice President (Global Business) at Pearson. ‘the economic case for studying [Higher Technical] qualifications is inarguable.‘ Gavin Williamson, September 2020 Higher Technical Education (HTE) at Levels 4 and 5 (equivalent to the first two years of an UK honours degree)…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Graham Galbraith, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth. Most universities have been testing students as part of Government-led pre-Christmas mass testing. Many of us have seen a very low number of positive results. Last week, for instance, only 0.2% of the several thousand…
With climate change continuing to be the biggest global threat, this paper argues that universities and colleges should take a leading role in putting the world on a more sustainable footing. Making use of the latest research and powerful case studies, Keri Facer, Zennström Professor of Climate Change Leadership at…
The Higher Education Policy Institute is publishing its first ever report on climate change. Beyond business as usual: Higher education in the era of climate change (HEPI Debate Paper 24) by Keri Facer, Zennström Professor of Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University and Professor of Educational and Social Futures at…
On Wednesday, 9 December 2020, HEPI and the QAA held a private online roundtable discussion on Flexible learning: the opportunities and challenges for higher education and the student experience. The increasing number of flexible learning pathways in higher education, and the growing demand for alternative modes of delivery, present the…
This blog was kindly contributed by Aaron Porter, President of the National Union of Students (NUS) in 2010/11. Aaron now has a portfolio of advisory and non-executive roles in the higher education sector. You can find Aaron on Twitter @AaronPorter Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the vote in the…
This blog was kindly contributed by Kathy Childs. Kathy did her MSc in Education, Leadership and Management at the University of East Anglia. Widening participation was a challenge already facing higher education institutions. Yet with the impact of COVID-19 this challenge has become even greater, particularly when considering the most…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Frances Corner OBE, Warden of Goldsmiths, University of London. You can find Frances on Twitter @FCorner Later this week, HEPI will be publishing our first ever report on climate change. Sign up at the bottom of the page to receive the report the…
This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Martin Blakey, who is the Chief Executive of Unipol Student Homes and the co-author of the recent HEPI report ‘Student Accommodation: The Facts‘ (HEPI Analytical Report 2, August 2020). He compiles the Accommodation Costs Survey, which has been running since 1967,…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has worked with Youthsight on a poll of over 1,000 full-time undergraduate students to see how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting them. The results show: This follows on our two rounds of previous polling, undertaken at the start of the crisis in March and at the…