On Tuesday 17 June 2025, HEPI and Lloyds Bank will host a roundtable dinner in Liverpool looking at ‘Drivers of Growth: Opportunities for universities to enhance their civic role and support national prosperity’. The dinner will bring together colleagues in the higher education sector and policymakers from across the region.…
On Thursday 24 April 2025, HEPI is hosting a roundtable dinner with Kortext looking at ‘How will AI change the university experience of the next generation?’ Against the backdrop of the latest HEPI / Kortext student generative AI survey which looks at students’ use and views of generative AI in their…
The University of Bristol, with HEPI and Advance HE, invites you to the launch of a new report being held at Woburn House Conference Centre in London on Wednesday 2 April from 3pm to 5pm. The Benefits of Hindsight report explores the views of current and former students in the UK…
For decades, pundits and politicians have been talking about a ‘swing to science’ – a shift of students in schools and universities from the study of humanities and social studies to the study of ‘STEM’ (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). But for most of this time, the opposite was happening…
In recent years, there has been a swing to science and away from the arts and humanities in the subjects students study at school and university. Why? A careful look at the data suggests policy and even schools may not be quite as influential on these choices as we think.
In a new paper written for the Higher Education Policy Institute, Five Decades: One Lens – A view from the rear stalls, the longest serving university leader in the country, Dr John Cater, tells the story of Edge Hill University. Dr Cater reveals how his institution went from being a small teacher…
In a new paper written for the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), Five Decades: One Lens – A view from the rear stalls, the longest serving university leader in the country, Dr John Cater, tells the story of Edge Hill University. Dr Cater reveals how his institution went from being a small…
**UPDATE: A recording of the webinar is included below** In light of the Government’s review of the International Education Strategy, what is the future for people studying for UK qualifications abroad via transnational education (TNE)? The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) in conjunction with Lancaster University invites you to a webinar on…
**UPDATE: A recording of the webinar is included below** As part of HEPI’s work looking at the pipeline to higher education, we are hosting a webinar on the school curriculum and how well it prepares young people for life afterwards. Featuring the authors of two recent / forthcoming HEPI reports…
This morning’s main session showed, I think, there is a consensus that the current student funding system is not working so well, though my own opening remarks argued that could be fixed relatively easily (but then I am often in a minority of one…). The panel members chaired so expertly…