***UPDATE*** A recording of this webinar is now available below: On Thursday 3 February 2022, HEPI and Unite Students are pleased to announce a webinar to launch new research looking at the experiences of Black students in university accommodation. Drawing on both focus groups and polling of students and accommodation…
On Thursday, 9 December 2021 HEPI hosts its first in-person Partner roundtable dinner since the start of the pandemic, with invited guest speaker Clare Marchant, UCAS Chief Executive, to kick-start the discussion around the table. The evening will be chaired by Professor Sally Mapstone, Principal and Chief Executive of the…
On Wednesday 17 November, HEPI and UPP Foundation are hosting a roundtable dinner to launch the ‘From Adversity to University’ toolkit from the University of Chichester. With opening remarks from Professor Longmore, Vice-Chancellor of the University Chichester, to kickstart the discussion around the table, the event will be chaired by Nick…
***UPDATE: A recording of the webinar is now available below*** On 21 October, HEPI will be publishing a report on regional policy and R&D authored by Professor Mary Stuart and Liz Shutt from the University of Lincoln, entitled Catching the wave: growing and harnessing regional research & development to level up (HEPI Report…
HEPI and Lloyds Bank jointly hosted a roundtable dinner at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, on 16 November 2021, on ways in which higher education institutions might contribute more to sustainability after COP26 and as we emerge from the COVID crisis. Our two guest speakers were: Tony Juniper (Chair of National England);…
****A RECORDING OF THIS WEBINAR IS NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE**** HEPI and Kaplan International Pathways are holding a webinar to launch the results of new research, conducted among international students, to discover their views on careers advice and employability. Based on focus groups and polling of international students, the…
In this blog Ian Dunn, Provost of Coventry University and Chair of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE) and Ceri Nursaw, Chief Executive of NCEE discuss the future of leadership. NCEE will report in early autumn on leadership in higher education following a survey of university leaders across…
This blog was written by Lucy Haire, HEPI’s Partnerships and Fundraising Manager who has previously worked in an impressive list of education-focussed roles. Lucy is on Twitter @thelucyhaire. The small organisation for which I work and which is publishing this blog, the Higher Education Policy Institute, comprises five people, one…
The One Nation University: Convincing the sceptics Following a joint polling project between the UPP Foundation and HEPI on the public’s attitudes to higher education, HEPI will be publishing a paper later this year by Richard Brabner, Director of the UPP Foundation, on the ‘One Nation University’. Reflecting on the…
Drawing on wide-ranging and robust polling data Student Relationships, Sex and Sexual Health Survey explores the personal lives of students with an eye to improving support for students in higher education. Topics covered range from experiences of Relationship and Sex Education at school to confidence in navigating consent when alcohol…