Today, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Brightside have released a new report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director of Fair Access and Participation. The ideas contained in the report are as diverse as the voices and, beginning today, we will…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Brightside have today released a collection of action points for the new Office for Students on unlocking access to higher education. Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director of Fair Access and Participation contains the views…
This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Mark Corney. Mark is a post-16 education and labour market consultant. The review of post-18 education and funding in England is a creature of the present Conservative government. Under Labour, a fee-free system would apply in both the higher education (HE) and…
For those of you interested in the ‘beautiful game’, it probably did not escape your notice that Wolverhampton Wanderers celebrated their promotion to the Premier League earlier this month. This is not just great news for the Club and its fans, but also for the University of Wolverhampton, which has…
Last Thursday, HEPI hosted its annual University Partners’ Policy Briefing Day at Birkbeck, University of London. For the HEPI team, the Policy Briefing Day is always one of the highlights of the HEPI calendar, providing us with the opportunity to connect with our valued partners from across the UK higher…
This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University and author of HEPI Occasional Paper 17 on The Comprehensive University. Professor Blackman writes here in a personal capacity. The Government’s terms of reference for the ‘independent’ panel undertaking the current Review of post-18…
Last week I was fortunate to be invited to travel to Paris to speak at a conference hosted by the Institut national d’études demographiques (INED) – the French Institute for Demographic Studies. Most of the conference delegates were French, or at least based in France, so conversations during the coffee…
This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Paul Raybould, Director of Marketing and Marketing Intelligence at QS Enrolment Solutions (formerly Hobsons Solutions). The Government’s consultation into post-18 education brings with it an opportunity for the higher education sector to review its place in society and its offer to students.…
This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Professor Nick Petford, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Northampton. The draft regulatory framework consultation undertaken by the Department for Education on behalf of the Office for Students (OfS) made much of value for money. The framework sets out that ‘Approved’…
The following blog is taken from a speech given by HEPI Director of Policy and Advocacy, Dr Diana Beech, at Mills and Reeve’s Spring Conference, Higher education and research: a brave new world?, held at the Royal Society on 15 March 2018. In her inaugural speech, Prime Minister Theresa May…