This blog was kindly contributed by Lucian Hudson, Director, Advancement and Communications, Durham University, and Chair, Earthwatch Europe, and lead author of ‘Universities at The Crossroads’. Last year Lucian wrote a blog for HEPI about the importance of the THE Impact Rankings which you can read here. You can find…
We have been running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays Where next for university admissions? , which was edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. On Friday we shared the chapter by Mary Curnock Cook, non-executive director across the education sector and…
This blog was kindly contributed by Johnny Rich, Chief Executive of the Engineering Professors’ Council, Chief Executive of outreach organisation Push and a consultant on higher education. He is writing in a personal capacity. You can find Johnny on Twitter @JohnnySRich or reach him via his website at www.johnnyrich.com. Last…
This blog was kindly contributed by Chris Hale, Director of Policy, Universities UK. You can find Chris and UUK on Twitter @chrishaleuk and @UniversitiesUK. There was a particularly bright spotlight on universities last year as the pandemic forced them to make fast changes to their policies and transition to online…
This blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer of London Higher – the umbrella body for over 40 universities and higher education colleges across London. You can find Diana on Twitter @dianajbeech. Should the Government proceed with plans to cut the London Weighting element of…
This blog was kindly contributed by Clare Adams, Head of University Success, UK at Handshake. You can find Clare and Handshake on Twitter @ClareLAdams @joinHandshakeuk. As the graduate recruitment sector rapidly shifted online in 2020, many of us hoped this would act as an engine for social mobility – leading…
This blog responding to the Government’s Statement on students’ return to university campuses was kindly contributed by Professor Graham Galbraith, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Portsmouth. The Government has rightly committed to prioritising education through the pandemic. So with schools and further education colleges resuming in-person teaching on 8 March,…
This guest blog on the support of the Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) for higher education has been kindly contributed by Professor Sir Roderick Floud, who was Provost of City Poly and its successor institutions from 1988 to 2006. Prince Philip’s connections with higher education, as Chancellor of both Edinburgh and…
This week, we are running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays ‘Where next for university admissions?‘ edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. Yesterday we shared the chapter by Dr Graeme Atherton, Director, National Education Opportunities Network (NEON), ‘How could admissions reform…
This week, we are running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays Where next for university admissions?‘ edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. Yesterday we shared the chapter by Dr John Cater, Vice-Chancellor at Edge Hill University ‘Post qualification admissions: Should…