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  • #ShoutOutForGerman – A case for language learning and German at British Universities

    17 March 2025 by The German Embassy and the German Academic Exchange Service

    This HEPI blog was kindly authored by colleagues at the German Embassy in London and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).  #ShoutOutForGerman – this is the title of a week-long campaign from 17 to 21 March to showcase all things German across the entire UK and inspire learning German. The…

  • How can evolving student attitudes inform institutional Gen-AI initiatives?

    13 March 2025 by Isabelle Bristow

    This HEPI blog was authored by Isabelle Bristow, Managing Director UK and Europe at Studiosity. In a HEPI blog published almost a year ago, Student Voices on AI: Navigating Expectations and Opportunities, I reported the findings of global research Studiosity commissioned with YouGov on students’ attitudes towards artificial intelligence (AI).…

  • Level 7 Apprenticeships: Babies and Bathwater

    12 March 2025 by Johnny Rich

    Last September, the Prime Minister announced a “rebalancing” of funding from the apprenticeship levy (shortly to become the Growth and Skills Levy). Employers’ ability to use the funds for postgraduate-level apprenticeships would be restricted in the hope of shoring up lower levels. A couple of months later, Skills Minister Jacqui…

  • Making an impact at scale

    7 March 2025 by Luke Arundel

    To tackle inequality in higher education, interventions must be designed with scalability in mind to ensure lasting, widespread impact.

  • Cross Disciplinarity

    4 March 2025 by Adam Lindgreen, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Roderick J. Brodie and Michel van der Borgh

    Effective cross-disciplinary research requires overcoming functional silos, fostering strong communication, and ensuring research problems justify collaboration across disciplines.