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  • Responding to the challenges of the OfS’s blended learning review

    19 December 2022 by Matt Riddle

    This blog was kindly provided by Matt Riddle, Principal and Director of Learning Experiences, Curio. A longer version of this article first appeared on the Curio website in October 2022. Is now the perfect time to reconsider the student experience in higher education? The regulatory requirements published by the Office for Students…

  • HEPI Christmas Quiz: If only 0.9% of school exam grades are wrong, how many are right?

    16 December 2022 by Dennis Sherwood

    This blog was kindly contributed by Dennis Sherwood, author of Missing the Mark: Why so many school exam grades are wrong, and how to get results we can trust, published by Canbury Press. At a hearing of the Education Select Committee on 12 October 2022, Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, Dr Jo Saxton, stated that the…

  • The entrepreneurial university by design: a reflection on recent reporting and guidance

    15 December 2022 by Robert Crammond

    This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Robert Crammond, Senior Lecturer in Enterprise at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). Universities are driven by several factors, from teaching and student satisfaction to the demands of the local business community , as well as the push to respond to social and…

  • Why Institutional Improvements Matter

    14 December 2022 by Jessica Turner

    This blog was kindly provided by Jessica Turner, Chief Executive of QS. Over the last three years, the global higher education sector has demonstrated its resilience and ability to reinvent itself following the COVID-19 pandemic and institutions are now seeking to understand how they can better manage and improve their performance. Current predictions…

  • Reflections on leadership in higher education – a blog series

    8 December 2022 by Ceri Nursaw

    This blog was kindly contributed by Ceri Nursaw, Chief Executive of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). Over 12 weeks, HEPI has hosted blogs exploring the topic of leadership in higher education. In the final post in the series, Ceri reflects on some of the series’ key messages. Our Autumn…

  • Raising institutional aspirations for supporting Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showmen and Boater students in higher education

    7 December 2022 by Natalie Forster

    This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Natalie Forster, Research Fellow in Applied Health and Social Care at Northumbria University. The idea of ‘raising aspirations’ has long been recognised as problematic in the field of widening participation. A focus on aspiration can blame members of under-represented groups themselves for their low…

  • Why every university needs an advisor for care leavers and estranged students

    6 December 2022 by Lisa, Global Law student and Unite Foundation scholarship recipient

    The Unite Foundation partnered with UCAS on their recent ‘Next Steps Report’ which shines a light on the potential and ambition of young people leaving care and the challenges they can face when exploring university options. Global Law student and Unite Foundation scholarship recipient Lisa reflects on her experiences in higher education opens and…