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…
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…
This speech was delivered by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, at Heriot-Watt University earlier today. Introduction It is a huge pleasure to be back here at Heriot-Watt. The organisation I lead, the Higher Education Policy Institute or HEPI, is a specialist think tank that seeks to build bridges between policymakers and…
Student belonging and the wider context by Dr Richard Vytniorgu, uses structured interviews with students to explore the sense of belonging among students.
I’m not completely sure anyone wants or needs another round in the HEPI / Wonkhe (or more accurately Hillman / Leach) debate on student number controls. I’m not even completely sure I do, despite being its instigator and one of the pugilists. But against my better judgement and because the…
TL; DR: Student number controls, even when dressed up as ‘tolerance bands’, are really about exercising power over autonomous institutions – and they are therefore a very dangerous tool when in the hands of a Treasury looking for savings. HEPI, Wonkhe, the SRHE and the CGHE There were a lot…
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…
Research leadership is not a common topic of discussion. It should be. Research leadership matters. It drives, sustains, supports, protects and inspires people. It is connective and catalysing. This matters because without it, increasing public investment in research and development is unlikely to fulfil its potential in terms of both…
This speech was delivered this morning by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to the GSA / HMC University Admissions Conference. Recovering from COVID Thank you for inviting me to speak at this annual conference on university admissions once more. I first did so back in November 2014, exactly eight years ago.…