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  • ‘Not heard of this’: Employers’ perceptions of the UK’s Graduate Route visa

    5 January 2023 by Nick Hillman

    A new HEPI Policy Note reveals a lack of understanding among employers of the post-study working rights of international students in the UK, even though the Graduate Route visa could provide the answer to many current skills shortages. The Graduate Route visa was introduced in 2021 and allows international students…

  • Was 2022 a bumper year for books about education?

    3 January 2023 by Nick Hillman

    It has sometimes felt like the past year has seen a torrent of valuable books on education, including higher education, even if there has not always been the time to read and digest them properly – there are good reasons why HEPI papers are designed to be read in one…

  • What were people reading about higher education in 2022?

    30 December 2022 by Nick Hillman

    Below is our annual round up of the most popular HEPI blogs from the past year. She may only blog for us occasionally, but HEPI Trustee Mary Curnock Cook bags the top spot – and not for the first time. She got to number 16 in 2021, reached number 9…

  • Living Black at University Blog Series: the end of term

    22 December 2022 by Dorothy Chirwa

    The latest in this blog series on Living Black at University was kindly contributed by Dorothy Chirwa. Dorothy is the former President of Newcastle University Students’ Union and a recent Masters graduate from the University of Oxford. As the term comes to a close and the dust settles I know that there are a bunch of students probably…

  • How can you help me?: Students’ perspectives on careers services and employment

    8 December 2022 by Josh Freeman & Nick Hillman

    The Higher Education Policy Institute polled 1,105 students via the National Union of Students (NUS) for their views on careers services and employment. The results have been published as How can you help me?: Students’ perspectives on careers services and employment (HEPI Policy Note 40), produced in conjunction with Handshake. The results…

  • Student belonging and the wider context

    17 November 2022 by Dr Richard Vytniorgu

    Student belonging and the wider context by Dr Richard Vytniorgu, uses structured interviews with students to explore the sense of belonging among students.

  • WEEKEND READING: 25 years on from the Dearing report, have we kept its spirit alive?

    5 November 2022 by Nick Hillman

    These remarks were made by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to yesterday’s Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) event marking the recent twenty-fifth anniversary of the Dearing report. My first point is about Lord Dearing himself because HEPI, which is an independent charitable think tank founded 20 years ago, had…