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  • What can universities do about climate change?

    13 January 2023 by Sam Fankhauser

    This blog was kindly contributed by Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. At COP27 in Egypt this November – officially, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – a sobering…

  • Five steps UCAS is taking to reform the undergraduate admissions process

    12 January 2023 by Kim Eccleston

    This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Kim Eccleston, Head of Strategy and Reform – Strategy, Policy and Public Affairs, at UCAS. HEPI’s recent paper on reforming UCAS personal statements is here. At UCAS, we are continually working to improve the admissions service to serve applicants better and…

  • The value of independents and independence

    11 January 2023 by Rob Stroud

    This blog was kindly contributed by Rob Stroud, Director of Quality Assessment, England at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. In their recent HEPI blog, Professor Sir Malcolm Grant and Mary Curnock Cook rightly highlight some of the challenges that independent challenger institutions have faced entering the higher education…

  • Leicester – A super diverse-city

    10 January 2023 by Professor Nishan Canagarajah

    Not for the first time, Leicester lays claim to be a unique place in the UK. According to the 2021 Census data, it has emerged as the first plural city in the UK where no ethnic group has a majority. In the blog below, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, President & Vice-Chancellor…

  • Where will the teachers come from? By Pam Tatlow

    6 January 2023 by Pam Tatlow

    This week, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to make Maths compulsory to the age of 18, which would need a lot of extra Maths teachers… Here, writing in a personal capacity, Pam Tatlow looks at the current state of teacher training in England. Pam is on Twitter @Pam_Tatlow. The…

  • Working together to maximise the sector’s impact: What we need from Government in 2023 – By Sarah Stevens of the Russell Group

    4 January 2023 by Sarah Stevens

    This blog was kindly contributed by Sarah Stevens, Director of Policy at the Russell Group (@RussellGroup).  Many would say that the UK higher education system dodged a bullet at the recent Autumn Statement, with the deferral of significant fiscal restraint until after the next election meaning no immediate shift to austerity-style…

  • Hello … Are you there? Or have you gone home for Christmas?

    23 December 2022 by The Unite Foundation and Paige Mackenzie

    This blog was kindly contributed by The Unite Foundation and Paige Mackenzie. This year’s John Lewis Christmas advert highlighted different notions of family and belonging at this time of year. As you may know, many care experienced and estranged students will be staying at university over the holidays, either in…

  • Campaigning for Representation: Showmen in education

    21 December 2022 by Colleen Roper

    This blog was kindly contributed by Colleen Roper, co-founder of Future4Fairgrounds. My name is Colleen Roper, and I am part of an organisation called Future4Fairgrounds. We are a group of six Showmen, all women, who came together in September 2020 to provide a platform for the concerns of our community.…