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  • Higher education at the 2021 Welsh elections: What are the big parties promising?

    3 May 2021 by Professor Richard Wyn Jones

    This guest blog has been written for HEPI by Professor Richard Wyn Jones, Director of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University. HEPI’s previous output on Wales includes Is ‘progressive universalism’ the answer? The new student funding arrangements in Wales. Welsh universities are currently preparing for the outcome of the…

  • Relationships and Sex Education must go further

    30 April 2021 by Lisa Hallgarten

    This blog responding to HEPI’s most recent report was kindly contributed by Lisa Hallgarten, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Brook. Brook provides clinical sexual health services in England, Relationships and Sex Education in England and Wales, training for teachers, workshops, e-learning and information for university students across the…

  • Admissions reform: Comparisons to international admissions systems

    24 April 2021 by David Hawkins

    We have been running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays ‘Where next for university admissions?‘, which was edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. This blog is the sixth in the series and is the chapter written by David Hawkins, Founder, The University…

  • Context, Academic Freedom and the Ethics of Internationalisation

    23 April 2021 by Catherine Owen

    Following yesterday’s debate on China in the House of Commons, we are running a blog on academic freedom that has been kindly written for HEPI by Dr Catherine Owen, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter. You can find Catherine on Twitter @CatOwenExeter. In the UK, it…

  • Mark Corver: Predicted grades and university admissions

    22 April 2021 by Mark Corver

    We have been running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays Where next for university admissions? , which was edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. Yesterday we shared the chapter by Rebecca Gaukroger, Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions at the University…

  • What next for admissions in Scotland?

    21 April 2021 by Rebecca Gaukroger

    We have been running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays Where next for university admissions? , which was edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. On Friday we shared the chapter by Mary Curnock Cook, non-executive director across the education sector and…

  • The true potential of a national student survey

    19 April 2021 by Johnny Rich

    This blog was kindly contributed by Johnny Rich, Chief Executive of the Engineering Professors’ Council, Chief Executive of outreach organisation Push and a consultant on higher education. He is writing in a personal capacity. You can find Johnny on Twitter @JohnnySRich or reach him via his website at www.johnnyrich.com. Last…