This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Andrew Wathey CBE, the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Northumbria University. This blog has been written purely in a personal capacity. There are a number of things to be welcomed in the announcement of the tertiary review, of which one…
This guest blog has been written for us by Professor Roger King, who is the former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Lincoln and currently a Visiting Professor at the School of Management at the University of Bath. The arrival of the Office for Students (OfS) as a data-driven, risk-based, predominantly market regulator…
A new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) reveals the number of students in higher education in England is set to grow dramatically over the coming decade. By looking at demography, participation rates and external policy developments, the report predicts that universities in England should be preparing for…
The Joint Committee for Human Rights (JCHR) has today (15 March 2018) published on its website a report prepared by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) into the free speech policies of UK universities. Given growing concern about the perceived suppression of free speech on campuses around the country, the…
To look forward to the end of the next decade, this report considers demographic challenges, the strength of the supply chain and emerging policy disrupters. Its findings are based on data specifically commissioned by HEPI from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS),…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has published a major new piece of research looking at future demand for higher education places in England over the next decade. The report, Demand for Higher Education to 2030, by Bahram Bekhradnia and Dr Diana Beech builds on HEPI’s long history of exploring…
At the end of February, HEPI collaborated with PwC to host a roundtable dinner in Birmingham on the impact of technology on higher education. Stian Westlake, Policy Adviser to the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation gave the opening address. The event was attended by senior leaders…
Today, on International Women’s Day 2018, the UK higher education sector should be standing out as a beacon of light for progress made in opening up opportunities to women. According to End of Cycle data released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for the academic year 2017/18, 18-year-old…
This guest blog has been written by Poppy Brown – author of a 2016 HEPI report into The invisible problem? Improving students’ mental health. It has been timed to mark University Mental Health Day 2018 – a great opportunity for the whole university community to join together to make mental health and…
The following blog is taken from a speech given last week by HEPI Director of Policy and Advocacy, Dr Diana Beech, at the EURIE 2018 conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Since the people of the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) on 23 June 2016, the UK Government has…