Staff, leadership and governance

Amid financial pressures, technological change and heightened scrutiny, HEPI offers independent insight into the leadership and governance of UK higher education. From Vice-Chancellor pay to managing change to a deep dive into the higher education gender pay gap; the reports, blogs and events below analyse leadership pathways and institutional dynamics to inform policy and spark debate.

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…

Author
Professor Sam Illingworth
Published
21 May 2026

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…

Author
Charlotte Armstrong
Published
30 April 2026

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…

Author
Tom Richmond
Published
9 April 2026
Author
James Clark and Frank Dredge-Hetherington
Published
14 May 2026
Author
Professor Steve Olivier
Published
3 May 2026
Date
19 June 2026
Organiser(s)
HEPI and St John’s College, University of Oxford
Format
In-person
Admission
Open-to-all
Date
10 February 2026
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all
Date
13 January 2026
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all