Funding and finance

HEPI provides independent evidence-based insight into how higher education is funded and sustained across the UK. HEPI’s research explores funding for students, institutions and research to support policy development and encourage debate across the sector.

English universities face ‘unstable hybrid’ future as funding model collapses faster than predicted, warns new report. English higher education is heading into a future nobody planned, according to…

Author
Professor Sir Chris Husbands
Published
23 July 2026

A new report reveals how international students support jobs, growth and local economies across every UK constituency.

Author
James Cannings, Sam Hartshorn, Maike Halterbeck, Marina Symington and Dr Gavan Conlon
Published
9 July 2026

9 in 10 students expect to work during term time – new report shows paid jobs are now the norm.  Nine in ten applicants now expect to work during term time while at…

Author
Unite Students
Published
22 June 2026
Author
Professor David Green
Published
28 July 2026
Author
Anna Zimdars, Christopher Playford, Eve Worth, Luke Graham, Joanna Merrett and Joseph Crawford
Published
21 July 2026
Date
10 February 2026
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all
Date
29 January 2026
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all