This blog was kindly contributed by Darren Ellis, Higher Education Engagement Director at Unite Students. Student accommodation has been on a real journey. When I first started with Unite Students in 2003, accommodation was valued in universities but not especially visible in national policy. Indeed, this was reflected in the…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Rushforth, the executive secretary at the Committee of University Chairs. Today sees the publication of the new the Higher Education Code of Governance, published by the Committee for University Chairs. It comes at a time of unprecedented challenge for the higher education…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dennis Sherwood. Dennis has reporting for HEPI on this years A-level exams since March and the A-level system long before that! It’s not all over yet This summer’s exam fiasco is rapidly fading from the headlines, and the deadline, 17 September 2020, for appeals…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Jane Turner OBE DL, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Engagement at Teesside University. Employability metrics judging the success of universities based on graduate earnings fundamentally fail to take into account regional, economic and social differences. This is both hugely detrimental and also rather…
This blog was kindly contributed by David Tymms, Chair of the British Property Federation Student Accommodation Committee ,Commercial Director at iQ Student Accommodation and formerly, Director of Residential Services, LSE. This article has been written in a personal capacity. As the Department for Education’s (DfE) and Ofqual’s A-Level omni-shambles continues…
This blog was kindly contributed by Trevor Treharne, the Communications and Digital Engagement Officer of the ESRC/OFSRE (Economic and Social Research Council / Office for Students and Research England) Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), a partnership of six UK and nine international universities headquartered in the University of Oxford’s…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Neil Raven, educational consultant and researcher in widening access. You can contact him at [email protected]. Over the last few months, I have been impressed by how those engaged in higher education access and outreach have responded to the challenges caused by the pandemic.…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Dean Machin. Dean is Head of Policy at the University of Portsmouth. Previously, he worked for David Willetts on his book ‘A University Education’ and has written a report for the Social Mobility Commission on data-sharing. ‘No plan survives first contact with the enemy’, so…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Vice-Chancellor and President at the University of Leicester. You can find Nishan on Twitter @NCanagarajah . On 29 June 2020, Leicester became the first city in the UK to face a local lockdown. This was announced during the same week as…
This blog is the latest in a series by Dennis Sherwood, who has been tracking the 2020 results fiasco for HEPI. On Wednesday 10 June 2020, Dr Michelle Meadows, Ofqual’s Executive Director for Strategy, Risk and Research, and Sally Collier, at that time, but no longer, Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, appeared before the Education…