Thanks to Dennis Sherwood for contributing this blog. Dennis has been writing about A levels on the HEPI from long before 2020. You can find Dennis on Twitter @noookophile. On 18 March 2020, Boris Johnson announced the cancellation of the summer 2020 school exams. A few days later, on 21…
In this blog Peter Scott, Commissioner for Fair Access, Scotland, and Professor of Higher Education Studies at the UCL Institute of Education responds to HEPI’s recently published Debate Paper, Designing an English Social Mobility Index written by Professor David Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor of London Southbank University. Most league tables measure characteristics…
This guest blog has been kindly contributed by Alistair Jarvis, Chief Executive of Universities UK – which represents the 340 USS employers. Figures released this week by the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) in its latest actuarial valuation – a formal ‘health-check’ of the scheme’s finances – make for concerning reading. USS…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is today publishing a new paper, Designing an English Social Mobility Index (HEPI Debate Paper 27), which offers a methodology for comparing the contribution of individual English higher education providers’ to social mobility. The Index challenges the often-made assumption that only particular kinds of universities make…
This blog was kindly contributed by Beth Button, Head of Communications and Public Affairs at the University Alliance. With the latest news that every adult in England will be offered a vaccine by the end of July, it is worth reflecting on the immense local and national collective endeavour required…
This blog was kindly contributed by Ann Hanna, a Philosophy, Politics and Economics graduate currently working with humanitarian organisations that aim to reduce inequalities worldwide. COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement have reminded us of the vast inequalities that exist as a result of race and ethnicity, including…
This blog was kindly contributed by Nigel Copsey, who is Professor of Modern History at Teesside University and the author of Anti-Fascism in Britain (2nd edition, 2016) and co-editor of the Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right series. For all his lofty ideals about the need to protect…
This blog has been kindly contributed by Lucy Findlay MBE, Managing Director of Social Enterprise Company CIC and Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive of London Higher. You can find Lucy and Diana on Twitter @LucyFindlay and @dianajbeech. In its 2019 manifesto, the Government pledged to strengthen universities’ and colleges’ civic…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Dave Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor, London South Bank University. You can find Dave on Twitter @David_PhoenixVC. The ‘policy avalanche’ on 21 January, for which the tertiary education sector in England was bracing itself, has now been written off by many (particularly within higher education) as a…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Paul Layzell, Principal of Royal Holloway, University of London and James Bennett, Director of StoryFutures Academy. You can find Paul on Twitter @RHULPrincipal and James @james_a_bennett. The UK has a skills challenge. On this, business leaders, politicians, educators and commentators can all agree.…