Educating the ‘COVID generation’ On Thursday 7 September HEPI and Unite Students will hold a breakout session at the UUK Annual Conference in Manchester. The majority of this year’s new intake experienced the pandemic in their mid-teens. They missed out on social and educational experiences and early opportunities for independence,…
Higher education on the cusp of the general election ***THE SLIDES FROM PROFESSOR ROB FORD AND THE LAUNCH OF THE STUDENT ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE SURVEY CAN BE FOUND BELOW*** ***View the full agenda here*** On Thursday 13 June 2024, HEPI will host its Annual Conference at One Birdcage Walk, central London.…
On Thursday 21 September 2023, HEPI and Taylor & Francis will host a roundtable dinner considering ‘How can we persuade policymakers to be more ambitious about research and scholarship in creating a highly skilled and productive UK workforce?’. Please note the dinner is by invitation only. For any queries, please…
The Higher Education Policy Institute is publishing a new report, The relationship between teaching and research in UK universities – what is it and does it matter? (HEPI Report 162), written by Nicola Dandridge, Professor of Practice at the University of Bristol and former Chief Executive of the Office for Students. The paper…
This collection of pieces by people long associated with higher education policy marks HEPI’s 20th birthday, as the organisation was founded in 2002/03. Each chapter considers how different aspects of UK higher education have changed, for better or worse, over the past two decades. The topics covered include HEPI’s own…
To mark its 20th anniversary, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is publishing a major collection of contributions by leading figures in higher education. UK higher education – policy, practice and debate during HEPI’s first 20 years (HEPI Report 161) has been edited by Dr Helen Carasso of the University of…
The 2023 Unite Students Applicants Survey was published last week. Earlier today, HEPI hosted a webinar with Unite Students on the findings of the Survey, which cover finance, wellbeing and resilience among many other issues. The webinar featured Jenny Shaw (Unite Students), Laura McInerney (Teacher Tapp), Sam Bronheim (University of Manchester Students’…
*** An audio recording of the session is included below*** Join HEPI on Monday 2 October at the Conservative Party Conference for a fringe event to consider ‘What should be in the Conservative Party Manifesto for higher education and research?’. With speakers to include: The seminar will take place outside…
Join HEPI on Monday 9 October at the Labour Party Conference for a fringe event to consider ‘What should be in the Labour Party Manifesto for higher education and research?’. With speakers to include: The seminar will take place outside the secure zone, so no conference pass is necessary. In…
***UPDATE: A recording of the webinar is below*** HEPI and UCAS are delighted to announce an ‘In Conversation’ webinar with Clare Marchant, Chief Executive at UCAS, about this year’s school and college leavers’ results and admissions to higher education. To register your place at the webinar on Monday 14 August…