Rose Stephenson is the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Higher Education Policy Institute. Rose directs HEPI’s work on policy, including research, policy analysis and the development of policy recommendations.
Rose is an experienced educator, having worked in outdoor education and as a teacher and Head of Science in secondary education before moving to the higher education sector. Rose worked at the University of Bath, overseeing policies and projects to improve the student experience. She is driven to support the development of considered, evidence-based policy and has an interest in social mobility and equity. Rose is a Governor of Hartpury University.
Rose is available for media work relating to higher education. Email: [email protected]
HEPI publications:
- Evolution of Devolution: how higher education policy has diverged across the four nations of the UK
- Aligning the Lifelong Learning Entitlement and the Growth and Skills Levy: how these policies could work together under a new Government
- Advancing Translational Research
- The Student Academic Experience Survey 2024
- Trans and non-binary student experiences in higher education
- How should undergraduate degrees be funded? A collection of essays
- Show me the money: an exploration of the gender pay gap in higher education
- The Student Academic Experience Survey 2023
- Does the lifelong loan entitlement meet its own objectives?
- Renters (Reform) Bill and the impact on higher education
HEPI Blogs:
- You may not know this example of translation research, but it will have changed your life . . .
- Have we been looking at free speech all wrong?
- Ten things we heard at the Labour Party Conference
- What do I want from a new labour Government?
- From knee-jerk reactions to saving the sector to opening the knowledge estate – discussions on generative AI
- Degree apprenticeships and the lifelong learning entitlement
- How are universities funded?
- Creating robust safeguarding policies to enhance the student experience
- The staff-student relationship register
- What could the higher education short course trial mean for the lifelong learning entitlement?
- Free speech in HE part 1 – we need to talk about objective harassment
- Free speech in HE part 2 – who can speak?
- Free speech in HE part 3 – who’s judgement will be right? The Office for Students or the Office of the Independent Adjudicator?
- Smaller, flexible, more localised higher education provision – the big theme from the Labour Party Conference
- Challenges facing women in post-study jobs, retraining and skills following the pandemic
- Should pastoral support training be mandatory for staff in higher education?