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Nick Hillman

  • Rule change could enable more prisoner learning with positive impacts

    24 October 2019

    In a joint Policy Nrote, Student loans for those on long sentences, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Open University argue for an end to the rule preventing prisoners from accessing student loans until they are within six years of release. The proposal suggests letting longer-serving prisoners apply…

  • Student loans for those on long prison sentences

    24 October 2019 by Ruth McFarlane

    This report recommends that the Student Support Regulations for England and Wales should be amended to extend student loan eligibility to include people in prison who have more than six years to run on their sentence.

  • HEPI comment on Universities UK’s new guide on telling students where fees go

    22 October 2019 by Nick Hillman

    In response to Universities UK’s new publication A Guide to Presenting Institutional Financial Information to Students, Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), said: This is a great and overdue initiative. We have been calling for many years for students to receive more information about where their fees…

  • A 32-hour week: sensible or nonsensical?

    24 September 2019 by Nick Hillman

    At the Labour Party Conference yesterday, John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: I can tell you today that the next Labour government will reduce the average full time working week to 32 hours within a decade. A shorter working week with no loss of pay. Predictions of…

  • 15 things worth glancing at in the new Education at a Glance

    11 September 2019

    HEPI was honoured to host the UK launch of the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2019 in central London yesterday. It is a data-rich report that takes time to digest properly. So, as a digestive aid, we are listing 15 of the many stand-out facts. (NB In general, though not…

  • Godot has arrived!

    10 September 2019

    In response to the Government’s announcement on the reintroduction of the two-year Post-Study Work visa, Nick Hillman (Director of HEPI), said: At last, Godot has finally arrived. All the evidence, including our own, has long suggested we need a better regime for international students past and present. We’ve been standing…