On 12 July 2023, HEPI will be marking its 20th birthday with a reception in central London, 5:30pm – 7:30pm. We will be launching a collection of essays on the last 20 years of higher education policy. The reception will include brief speeches from the Rt Hon. Dame Margaret Hodge…
Prior to his UPP Foundation Annual Lecture later on the same day, President Fitts face a summary of his speech before we opened it up to a wide-ranging conversation about US and UK higher education.
A survey of 113 higher education admissions professionals from over 30 higher education providers shows the average time spent reading a UCAS personal statement is two minutes. Four-in-ten (39%) are read for one minute or less. In How do Admissions Professionals use the UCAS personal statement? (HEPI Policy Note 48), Tom Fryer…
A survey of 113 higher education admissions professionals from over 30 higher education providers shows the average time spent reading a UCAS personal statement is two minutes. Four-in-ten (39%) are read for one minute or less. In How do Admissions Professionals use the UCAS personal statement? (HEPI Policy Note 48), Tom Fryer…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new Policy Note on the regulation of English higher education by Anthony McClaran, the Vice-Chancellor of St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and a former Chief Executive of both the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency and Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).
The disconnect between quality and inequality: An analysis of the gaps in educational outcomes achieved by free school meal-eligible students in English higher education (Policy Note 46) by Professor Antony C. Moss, Pro Vice Chancellor for Education and Student Experience at London South Bank University, shows disadvantaged pupils experience persistent educational…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new paper on educational outcomes across different universities for students formerly eligible for Free School Meals. The disconnect between quality and inequality: An analysis of the gaps in educational outcomes achieved by free school meal-eligible students in English higher education (HEPI Policy Note…
On Wednesday 21 June 2023 from 12.15pm to 1.45pm, evasys is hosting a ‘Lunch & Learn’ webinar, supported by HEPI, on ‘How to evidence educational gains’, which will see a panel of experts from across the HE sector come together to discuss the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) submissions and best…
Nick Hillman recently posted a blog which quoted a book written by Matthew Goodwin in which he (Goodwin) criticises universities for what he perceives are their excessively liberal values, claiming that they have been out of step with the population at large. I need to make it clear at the…
***UPDATE: A recording of the webinar is available below**** On Tuesday, 11 July from 10am to 11am, HEPI and Unite Students will host a webinar to discuss the results and issues raised in the 2023 Unite Students’ Applicant Index, with the following speakers: To register your place, please click here:…