Reports

Student perceptions of their academic experience reach a decade-high despite the pressures facing higher education. The 2026 Student Academic Experience Survey, published by Advance HE and the Higher…

New polling of young undergraduates from the Higher Education Policy Institute reveals young undergraduates views on a range of topical issues, including: HEPI asked 1,018 undergraduate students aged…

A combination of demographic decline and predatory recruitment practices puts the entire English higher education sector at risk. This new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute…

Many universities still have no easily accessible AI policy. Two-in-five UK universities have no AI policy that a student, parent or regulator can easily find online, according to What…

Half of students miss one-third of their lectures. 20 years of data show undergraduates are struggling to access the high-quality teaching, in-person interactions and satisfying student experience they expect…

Why centralising admissions at Oxford and Cambridge would be ‘fairer for all’. A new report published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) calls for undergraduate admissions and…

Universities must scale up collaboration to deliver green economy transitions, new report warns Universities have a pivotal role to play in tackling climate change, but fragmented collaboration and…

Treasury makes over £600 million surplus from 2022/23 Plan 2 student loans as NUS and HEPI publish an alternative student loan model. Key findings New research by London Economics has found that following various changes to student loan terms, implemented since early…

Excessive risk-taking by higher education providers must be curtailed. With concerns mounting over the financial health of the English higher education sector, a new report from the Higher…

New HEPI Policy Note calls for sustained and intensive outreach to tackle persistent higher education access gaps. It argues that sustained and intensive outreach programmes are among the…