On Wednesday 3 July 2024, HEPI hosts its summer Partner Dinner, with guest speaker Arif Ahmed, the Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom 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 of HEPI’s…
On Thursday 27 June 2024, HEPI, with Research England and University College London, will co-host a roundtable dinner on research culture and excellence. Please note this is an invitation-only event.
On Tuesday 18 June 2024, HEPI and Unite Students are hosting a dinner on international students, with guest speaker The Rt Hon. the Lord Johnson. Please note this is an invitation-only event.
HEPI and TechnologyOne are hosting a joint dinner on the evening of Wednesday 24 April 2024 in central London, to discuss their forthcoming report A Minimum Income Standard for Students. Please note this event is invitation only.
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new paper on student non-continuation rates. ‘Dropouts or stopouts or comebackers or potential completers?’: Non-continuation of students in the UK (HEPI Policy Note 53) by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, finds: The report includes the following policy recommendations for reducing non-continuation further: The author…
In this blog, HEPI brings together a number of memories of Dr Tony Bruce from those who knew him well and who worked alongside him. Nick Hillman (Director of HEPI) Last month (March 2024) came the devastating news that Dr Tony Bruce, who wrote HEPI’s termly Policy Briefing Paper for HEPI Partners,…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a collection of essays on educational technology, edited by Mary Curnock Cook CBE. Technology Foundations for 21st Century Higher Education (HEPI Report 172), sponsored by LearningMate, brings together leading voices to explain how technology can improve higher education. The authors’ insights include: In…
This collection of essays, edited by Mary Curnock Cook CBE and sponsored by LearningMate, brings together leading Edtech voices to explain how technology is already improving higher education and how much more it could potentially do to transform the student experience for the better.
The Higher Education Policy Institute and the British Academy have jointly published a set of essays entitled The lives of early career researchers (HEPI Report 169) written by early career researchers that highlight their experiences and offer solutions to the challenges they face. The 11 chapters cover issues including ‘The PhD Parenting…
Generative AI has transformed students’ learning experience and expectations, creating opportunities for the teaching and learning environment to be more inclusive, accessible, engaging and personalised. But as developments continue to move apace, how important is it to maintain a human-led process, to ensure that quality is high, and the experience…