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  • (Yet Another) Crisis of the Humanities

    28 September 2021 by Peter Mandler

    This blog was contributed by Peter Mandler, Professor of Modern Cultural History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and the author of The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain’s Transition to Mass Education since the Second World War (Oxford University Press). Peter is on Twitter @PeterMandler1. This is the second in a series…

  • Levelling up opportunities for LGBT+ people in education and training

    24 September 2021 by John Cope

    This blog was kindly contributed by John Cope, Director of Strategy, Policy & Public Affairs at UCAS. John is on Twitter @john_cope. Starting an apprenticeship, or going to college and university is for many, including adult learners, a moment of liberation. It’s the point where financial independence begins, where many…

  • The Humanities in Modern Britain: Challenges and Opportunities

    23 September 2021

    In this report, Gabriel Roberts looks at the current challenges facing the humanities. The author analyses the humanities’ performance in three different areas – student enrolment, graduate employment and funding – and explores how any challenges might be overcome.

  • My Access Journey to Oxford

    21 September 2021 by Daniel Dipper

    This blog was written by Daniel Dipper, a current student at the University of Oxford. Daniel is on Twitter @DanielDipper1. This article intends to outline the initiatives that supported me to get to the University of Oxford, being the first in my immediate family to go to university and coming…

  • Reflections of an Afghan Chevening Scholar

    20 September 2021 by Naimatullah Zafary & Ruth Arnold

    Today’s blog was contributed by Naimatullah Zafary, an Afghan Chevening scholar and Ruth Arnold, Senior Advisor to Study Group and co-founder of the #WeAreInternational campaign. Ruth is on Twitter @RuthArnold.   On 28 August the last British flight evacuating civilians from Afghanistan left Kabul, bringing to an end an operation that…

  • To whom is Ofqual accountable?

    16 September 2021 by Dennis Sherwood

    This blog was kindly contributed by Dennis Sherwood who writes for HEPI about Ofqual, A levels and examinations. You can follow him on Twitter @noookophile. On 7 September 2021, the Education Select Committee met with the Minister for School Standards, Nick Gibb; the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education,…

  • The soft power benefits from international students are now more important than ever

    15 September 2021

    Today’s blog was kindly contributed by Linda Cowan, Managing Director at Kaplan International Pathways. Linda is on Twitter @LCpathways. Last week’s report, The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK economy, published by UUKi and HEPI with research from London Economics, showed the net economic benefit…

  • Adam Habib: We need deeper deliberation about international students and internationalisation

    13 September 2021 by Adam Habib

    This blog was kindly written by Adam Habib, Director at SOAS, University of London. Adam’s Twitter is @AdHabb. HEPI’s recently released report on internationa students, produced in conjunction with the Universities UK International Unit and London Economics, has been received with much fanfare. The report suggests that the 496,000 international…

  • Leadership during the pandemic: it comes back to community

    7 September 2021 by Mary Stuart & Ceri Nursaw

    Mary Stuart, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lincoln and board member of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE), and Ceri Nursaw, Chief Executive of NCEE, talk about the future of leadership. The NCEE will report in early autumn 2021 on leadership in higher education following a survey of…