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  • Shining a Light on Taught Postgraduate Student Outcomes

    21 March 2022 by Susan Smith

    This blog was contributed by Dr Susan Smith, Associate Dean (Education and Students) at the University of Sussex Business School. Taught postgraduate programmes are increasingly popular in the UK with 628,000 enrolments in 2020/21 and they now comprise 27 per cent of annual enrolments to higher education. The largest contributor to this…

  • Employability Blog Series: Reflections on Aston-based research on employability and its effect on policy and practice

    18 March 2022 by Helen Higson

    The third in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Professor Helen Higson, Associate Dean for Accreditations at Aston University. Aston University has been known for the transformational effect that it has on students since it became a university in 1966.  The University grew from an institution (the Birmingham Municipal Technical…

  • Great expectations

    17 March 2022 by Aimee Kleinman and Tim Landucci

    This blog was written by Aimee Kleinman and Tim Landucci, Education Marketing Consultants at SMRS. SMRS is a marketing agency that works with universities on strategic marketing and consultancy. Aimee and Tim are happy to discuss their research via via the following address: [email protected]. SMRS is also on Twitter @smrsltd. How have young people…

  • Higher education now must bring policy on refugees in from the fringes

    16 March 2022 by Michael Natzler

    Michael Natzler, formerly HEPI’s Policy Officer, explores the state of higher education refugee policy. Michael is a consultant at Nous Group and writes in a personal capacity. You can find him on Twitter @Michael_Natzler. As the sector convenes today at the Universities UK International (UUKi) Higher Education Forum, attendees will be focussing on…

  • Now, more than ever, we need to expand our knowledge of international student outcomes

    15 March 2022 by Anne Marie Graham

    This blog was written by Anne Marie Graham, Chief Executive of the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA). Anne Marie is on Twitter @A_M_Graham. The UK education sector has built up a body of evidence on the widespread educational, cultural and social benefits that international students bring to our campuses and our…

  • Employability Blog Series: Three Policy Turning Points that Changed the Higher Education Employability Agenda

    11 March 2022 by Lizzy Woodfield and Rachel McIntosh

    The second in this weekly series of blogs on the issue of employability was written by Lizzy Woodfield, Policy Advisor, and Rachel McIntosh, Director of Employability, at Aston University. Higher education institutions are being held ever more accountable for their graduates’ employment prospects and taking on more proactive roles in shaping and stimulating employment prospects…

  • Transforming the UK’s Technical Talent: An opportunity for the HE and research sectors

    10 March 2022 by Debra Humphris

    Debra Humphris is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton and was one of the Commissioners on the UKRI-Research England funded TALENT Commission, a national policy commission delivering strategic insight into the future of the UK’s technical talent.  Collaboration isn’t always easy in a competitive sector. But in the current higher education and…

  • On Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Call to Action for the UK Higher Education Sector

    9 March 2022 by Uilleam Blacker

    This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Uilleam Blacker, Associate Professor in Comparative Russian and East European Culture, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL. Dr Blacker is on Twitter @BlackerUilleam. From the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has been heartening to see the global community of scholars…

  • What Does Political Polarisation Mean for Universities?

    8 March 2022 by Alex Stewart

    Dr Alexander Stewart is Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews.  Talk of political polarisation has become so commonplace it can seem like a nebulous, catchall term for anything bad or contentious. But for researchers, polarisation is something quite specific. High levels…