This HEPI blog was authored by two anonymous professors at Russell Group institutions.* It is widely acknowledged that UK higher education is on the edge of a financial precipice. But the sector’s problems in fact run much deeper than this. There is also a quality crisis – which, though widely…
A new report, Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Early-Career Black Academics, led by Dr Becca Franssen and published today by GatenbySanderson, the Society of Black Academics (SBA) and HEPI, explores the experiences of Black Early-Career Academics (ECAs). Based on the results of a survey with…
New research from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the National Union of Students (NUS) shows the potential impact of student voters in the 2024 general election. Based on data from the 2021 census, we identify the constituencies where the number of student voters is projected to be larger…
This report by HEPI and the National Union of Students, authored by Josh Freeman, uses data from the 2021 census to model the potential impact of student voters in the 2024 General Election. It finds that students hold the balance of power in 50 constituencies which are expected to be…
The 2024 General Election is scheduled for Thursday 4th July. As the political parties release their manifestos, we will be analysing and discussing them here. Here we focus on the largest UK-wide parties – the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Reform, and the Green Party – and two national parties,…
Students are doubly affected by the cost-of-living crisis, as costs have gone up while the key component of their income, student maintenance support, has fallen in real terms. Most students say their financial situation has worsened over the past year and one-third say financial challenges put them at risk of…
Higher education has operated across borders right back to medieval times, when a university was a travelling community of scholars. Today, there is considerable interchange of students, staff and ideas between countries. One way in which higher education crosses borders is through the international students who come from overseas to…
A major new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) and TechnologyOne (technologyonecorp.co.uk) shows, for the first time, how much students need to have a minimum acceptable standard of living. The Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University has developed its Minimum Income Standard (MIS) research…
The Minimum Income Standard (MIS) is an approach developed by the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University to determine how much money different groups in the population need to have for a minimum acceptable standard of living. This Report, published by HEPI and TechnologyOne in partnership…
*** We are hosting a webinar on student maintenance support next Thursday 9th May: you can sign up here. *** Ahead of the launch of a major new report on student maintenance next Thursday 9th May, HEPI and TechnologyOne are publishing exclusive new polling revealing student attitudes to maintenance support…