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…
This guest blog analysing this year’s A-Level achievements has been kindly contributed by Mary Curnock Cook, with supporting analysis from Rory Curnock Cook. Mary is a HEPI Trustee, Chair of Council at the Dyson Institute, Chair of Trustees of the Access Project, a Council member at the Open University and…
This blog was kindly contributed by recent graduate Abbie Jessop, Chair of Wellbeing Network at Bristol Students’ Union (SU) 2017-18, who worked with student society Beat this Together to pass SU policy in June 2020. On 8 June 2020, the Student Council at the University of Bristol Students’ Union passed…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Claughton, Chief Master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham (2006-2016). You can find John on Twitter @ClaughtonJohn . For many years I fought upon the plains of windy Troy, but all I do now is watch the fighting, like King Priam from the battlements,…
This blog was kindly contributed by Lorna Cosgrave, a third year History undergraduate at Durham University. Before July 2020, many people had not heard of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). However, it has increasingly been brought into the public forum as the condition has become a…
This guest blog has been written by Tom Fryer, author of free-to-access ‘Naff: Universities and how to change them‘ and PhD researcher at the Manchester Institute of Education. You can find Tom on Twitter @TomFryer4 . Everyone has been very ‘present’ recently. Not a Buddhist, awareness of your breath, kind…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Craven, Chief Executive of upReach, the award-winning social mobility charity that works in partnership with universities to support the progression of disadvantaged students into highly skilled jobs. You can find John on Twitter @upReachJCraven . Ofqual were set a nearly impossible task: Provide students with…