This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Nic Beech, Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University, Commissioner on the International Higher Education Commission, Chair of the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment and Executive Board Member of University Alliance. The International Higher Education Commission (IHEC), chaired by the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore…
This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Wendy Thomson CBE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. Starting university can be daunting. Even more so for those who face additional barriers to accessing higher education. For students who are care experienced or are estranged from their families,…
By Beth Craigie (Public Affairs and Policy Manager, University of East London) and Dr Daniel South (Public Affairs and Policy Officer, University of East London) At the end of last month, we hosted members of the Lighthouse Policy Group at the University of East London’s University Square Stratford campus for…
This guest blog has been written for HEPI by Fiona Walsh, Partnerships and Development Director at Student Hubs, which is a national charity, working in partnership with universities to deliver social action programmes which support higher education students to engage with social and environmental challenges. Earlier this month, HEPI and the…
Welcome to the new series of the NCEE / HEPI leadership blogs. Launching the new series is Professor Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University (one of the largest universities in the United States), who has been described by Forbes Magazine as one of the ‘most influential people in higher education’.…
This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Roger Watson, President, National Conference of University Professors. Since the 1980s, the number of UK university professors has grown five times from 4,500 to 22,855. The professoriate remains predominantly White British and less than one-third are female. However, little knowledge is…
This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Dr Elizabeth Halford, Director of Wells Advisory UK and formerly Head of Research and Intelligence at the QAA, and Michael Wells, Founder and Managing Director of Wells Advisory, a founding Commissioner of Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality & Standards Agency (TEQSA) and…
This blog was contributed by Louise Banahene (PFHEA) MBE, Director of Educational Engagement at the University of Leeds, and Jon Down, Director of Development at Grit Breakthrough Programmes. Grit delivers intensive personal development and coaching programmes in universities across the UK. Of the findings from the HEPI / Advance HE Student Academic Experience…
This blog was kindly contributed by Peter Horrocks, Chair of postgraduate online learning provider, Learna. Peter was formerly the Vice-Chancellor of the Open University. Prior to that he was at the BBC, where he held roles including Head of Current Affairs, Head of TV News and Head of the Multimedia Newsroom.…
This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Susanna Kalitowski, Head of Policy at the University Alliance. The headlines have been dominated for weeks by grim stories detailing the extent of the NHS workforce crisis, which is deepening with the addition of widescale strikes. There are nowhere near enough…