As we await the outcomes of Dame Shirley Pearce’s review of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), it is worth reflecting on what Sir Philip Augar’s Post 18 Review of Education and Funding tells us about the possible future of the TEF. In doing so, it is first worth considering four…
In a previous article on the HEPI blog we reported one of the results from our University Strategy 2020 research report: 63% of UK universities are due to renew their strategy over next year or the year after. This was based on an analysis of a sample of 52 university…
A lot is (rightly) expected of universities. Most commentators agree that the UK’s universities punch above their weight in terms of rankings, reputation and return on investment. Yet the pressure is on to maintain, explain and even improve this positioning. The UK’s current political instability and its ever-changing higher education…
This is a guest blog from Dr Joe Marshall, Chief Executive of the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB), building on last week’s State of the Relationship Report about the relationship between universities and business. The last year has been anything but steady. From the machinations in Westminster and uncertainty…
A guest blog kindly contributed by Professor Joy Carter, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Winchester Together as a sector, we need to re-evaluate what we do and to make the climate emergency a higher priority than it is at present. There are some notable exceptions, but the higher education sector…
A guest blog kindly contributed by Mark Corney, a Post-16 Education and Labour Market Consultant. It follows a series of HEPI blogs on responding to the Augar report. They include pieces by Professor Tom Sperlinger on Foundation years, and Professor Simon Marginson on broader issues of fair opportunity in higher…
A guest blog kindly contributed by Professor John Last, Vice-Chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts The creative industries are creating the jobs of the future – where emphasis on human creativity and ingenuity are core. Not my words, but one of the keynotes of the UK’s Industrial Strategy –…
This is a guest blog from Bill Rammell, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bedfordshire and the new Chair-elect at MillionPlus. He is also the author of a HEPI report Protecting the Public Interest in Higher Education. It is always an interesting time in higher education. As a sector that impacts all of society,…
Regrettably, concerns about the mounting stress levels experienced by staff working in higher education is not new. The report, ‘Pressure point: a survey, into the causes and consequences of occupational stress in UK academic and related staff.’ by Gail Kinman (1998), identified work overload, long working hours as the results…
This is a guest blog from Professor Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford and Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education What are the implications of the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding (the Augar report) for equal access in UK higher education and…