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  • Undergraduate fees revisited

    26 September 2024

    The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) today publishes Undergraduate fees revisited (HEPI Debate Paper 39). The author Tim Leunig, who is a former Chief Analyst at the Department for Education and Visiting Professor at the LSE, argues for 10 changes: This fiscally neutral package means: Students would repay more per month. Although…

  • HEPI Partner Roundtable Dinner, 21 November 2024

    23 September 2024

    On Thursday 21 November 2024, HEPI hosts its winter Partner Dinner. We are delighted that our guest speaker will be Sir David Behan, interim Chair at the Office for Students. The evening will be chaired by Professor Dame Sally Mapstone, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, Chair…

  • HEPI / Taylor & Francis roundtable dinner in London, Wednesday 6 November 2024

    23 August 2024

    On Wednesday 6 November 2024, with support from Taylor & Francis, HEPI will host a roundtable dinner in London to explore how to strengthen the real-world impact of academic research. Translational research – the process of taking academic research and making it applicable to the real-world – seeks not only…

  • KCL / HEPI fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference, Tuesday 1 October 2024

    20 August 2024

    Join HEPI and the Policy Institute at King’s College London on Tuesday 1 October at the Conservative Party Conference for a fringe event to discuss ‘What is the Conservative approach to UK higher education now?’ This session will explore the current challenges and opportunities facing the higher education sector in…

  • HEPI fringe event at the Labour Party Conference, Monday 23 September 2024

    9 August 2024

    Join HEPI on Monday 23 September at the Labour Party Conference for a fringe event to discuss ‘What Does a Labour Government Mean for Higher Education?’, kindly supported by the Universities of Sussex and Nottingham. Speakers to include: The seminar will take place outside the secure zone, so no conference…

  • HEPI / Studiosity roundtable dinner in London, Monday 9 September 2024 

    30 July 2024

    AI has pushed the higher education sector to reframe how it approaches teaching and learning. The learning process is constantly evolving, but new AI tools to aid productivity, what about learning gain and the human touch? Providing thorough and timely feedback to students can be labour-intensive for staff, without a…

  • HEPI / Mills & Reeve roundtable dinner in London, Thursday 10 October 2024

    30 July 2024

    It is no secret that higher education institutions across the UK are under severe financial strain. Systemic financial challenges have restrained universities’ ability to generate income, high inflation has affected the value of tuition fees in real terms and the sector’s heavy reliance on international fees to cross-subsidise domestic undergraduates…