In a new paper published by the Higher Education Policy Institute, the Rt Hon. the Lord (David) Willetts, the former Minister for Universities and Science (2010-14), considers how to overcome challenges currently facing the higher education sector as well as how to save public spending on higher education at the…
In today’s blog, Nick Hillman, considers some of the critiques of last week’s HEPI paper on the humanities, which proposed broadening the curriculum in the last phase of schooling. A broad church As the Director of a non-aligned think tank, you don’t only go out to defend the reports you…
The humanities are often said to be in crisis. But while the crisis narrative obscures many areas of growth and success, the modern humanities nevertheless face real challenges relating to enrolment, graduate employment, and funding. The Humanities in Modern Britain: Challenges and Opportunities (HEPI Report 141) by Dr Gabriel Roberts, which…
So the reshuffle is over and we think we know where we stand. In essence, we have a new Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi) and a new Science Minister (George Freeman) but we have retained our previous Secretary of State for BEIS (Kwasi Kwarteng), who covers science and…
New analysis shows that just one year’s intake of incoming international students is worth £28.8 billion to the UK economy. The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK economy, published by Universities UK International (UUKi) and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), with research from London…
In-depth analysis reveals the huge contribution of international students to the UK’s economic prosperity. Every part of the UK is financially better off – on average by £390 per person – because of international students. International students in Sheffield, Nottingham, London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Newcastle are among those to deliver…
These are my remarks from yesterday’s UK Student Accommodation Forum on demand for higher education in 2021/22 and on, hosted by Unipol. The event also saw the launch of an excellent new paper on International Students and Factors Affecting Accommodation in the UK. When it comes to demand from home students,…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published its annual Soft-Power Index, which counts how many serving world leaders were educated in countries other than their own. This year’s results show a further improvement in the performance of the US, which now has a commanding lead over every other country. When…
With characteristic generosity, Sir Peter Lampl recently sent me a copy of his new autobiography, Ticket to Ride (published by HarperCollins), which I review here. We have all had an education. So there is a strong tendency for our own personal experiences to shape our views. It doesn’t matter how long…
Today, the HEPI website will receive its two millionth hit since the start of 2015. It took us almost five years, from January 2015 to November 2019, to score the first million but it has taken only 20 months, or less than two years, to hit the second million. This…