A new in-depth study of the UK student population shows students are realistic about the challenges they face and resourceful in how they navigate them to achieve the lives they want. The findings include: 68% of students say they will face more challenges than their parents; loneliness and mental health…
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…
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…
On Tuesday, 10thSeptember 2019, the Higher Education Policy Institute is hosting the UK launch of the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2019. Nick Hillman, the Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said: Education at a Glance is the world’s best compendium of educational data. No Government wanting to improve their…
We could spend all our time thinking about whether Brexit will happen, whether there will be a general election this side of Christmas or whether we eventually end up with another referendum to resolve current challenges. Yet there are a few areas that have been topical over the spring and…
The soft-power benefits of educating the world’s leaders (Policy Note 16), shows the UK continues to fall behind the US when it comes to educating people who go on to lead their own countries.
A new Policy Note from the Higher Education Policy Institute, The soft-power benefits of educating the world’s leaders, shows the UK continues to fall behind the US when it comes to educating people who go on to lead their own countries. Two years ago, the UK had educated one more…
The Higher Education Policy Institute is today publishing University governance in a new age of regulation: A conversation between Professor Steven Jones and Nick Hillman, with a Foreword by Professor Michael Shattock (HEPI Report 119). The report looks at the changing roles of, and growing demands on, governors of higher education institutions.…
This exchange about university governance by one academic governor and one lay governor considers: the balance between governors and managers; the disconnect between academics and governors; and • the changing demands on governors. A Foreword by Michael Shattock, the former Registrar of Warwick University and the co-author of The Governance of…
The annual conversation about whether or not people should be offered places in higher education only after receiving their exam results, known as PQA, is well underway. But many important points tend to be overlooked in this regular conversation. The differences between Post-Qualification Applications (when you apply for a place after…