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.

A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute examines how student governors frequently feel marginalised in institutional oversight, and offers actionable reforms to ensure legitimacy, inclusion and real influence.

Author
Darcie Jones
Published
11 December 2025

New research suggests there is strong backing for a university governance Code that addresses power imbalances and over-financialisation. This is the first of two reports that HEPI is publishing on university governance…

Author
Professor Steven Jones on behalf of the Council for the Defence of British Universitie
Published
4 December 2025

Too many students studying full-time honours degrees at university are causing higher education to be ‘over-consumed’. A new Debate Paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute by Professor Tim Blackman…

Author
Professor Tim Blackman
Published
30 October 2025
Author
Dr Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Dr Gayatri Devi Pillai, Professor Mohanan Pillai, Dr Hillary Briffa, Dr Anna Plunkett, Dr Ksenia Kirkham, Dr Özge Söylemez, Dr Lucas Knotter and Dr Chris Featherstone
Published
16 December 2025
Author
Emma Maskell
Published
15 December 2025
Author
Mary Curnock Cook
Published
14 December 2025
Date
11 December 2025
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all
Date
27 January 2025
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all