This is an edited version of the remarks by Susan Lapworth, Interim Chief Executive of the Office for Students (OfS), to the HEPI / Advance HE breakfast seminar in the Palace of Westminster on 24 May 2022. Are we measuring the wrong things? Respondents to our recent consultations about regulating student…
***UPDATE*** A recording of the webinar is included below: HEPI is delighted to announce a webinar with David Sweeney, Executive Chair at Research England, on the afternoon of REF results day – Thursday 12 May 2022 – from 3pm to 3.30pm. Join us for this short webinar to reflect on…
***UPDATE: RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE BELOW*** On Thursday, 31 March 2022, HEPI, with support from the University of St Andrews, is publishing a major new paper on the relatively low level of understanding of China in the UK, measured – for example – by the number of school pupils studying Mandarin…
A new Policy Note published by the Higher Education Policy Institute and written by the Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (www.qaa.ac.uk), Vicki Stott, explores what quality means in UK higher education today. The publication marks the start of a year of activities to mark the…
A new Policy Note published by the Higher Education Policy Institute and written by the Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (www.qaa.ac.uk) explores what quality means in UK higher education today. The publication marks the start of a year of activities to mark the 25th birthday of…
Challenges for the future? The student experience, good governance and institutional autonomy On Thursday 9 June 2022, HEPI hosted its Annual Conference at One Great George Street, London. With Keynotes from the Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP, Minister for Higher and Further Education, and Michael Crick, broadcaster, journalist and author,…
A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Illicit drug use in universities: zero tolerance or harm reduction? (HEPI Debate Paper 29), suggests a zero-tolerance approach to illicit drug use may cause more harm than it prevents, as those who need help do not come forward for fear of punishment. Drawing…
On Wednesday 27 April 2022, HEPI is hosting its University Partners’ Policy Briefing Day, an invite-only event on higher education policy developments organised exclusively for HEPI Partner organisations. This year’s event will be run as a hybrid event – with in-person places available at Broadway House and a number of…
On Tuesday 24 May 2022, for the first time since February 2020, HEPI and Advance HE will be hosting a breakfast seminar in Parliament. How should we assess the value of higher education institutions? It is increasingly widely accepted that the value of higher education should not be measured solely…
A new HEPI report, What’s next for national security and research? by Dr Alexis Brown (HEPI Report 147), reviews what measures are in place to protect UK research from foreign interference, including the new National Security and Investment Act (2021) that came into force on 4 January 2022. It argues…