There was an interesting announcement, or more truthfully an interesting re-announcement of a previous re-announcement of an old announcement, by the Department for Education overnight. The Government are re-committing themselves (once again) to an increase in the tuition fee cap for two-year degrees. This is a good idea, as it means the…
HEPI generally only publishes original material, but we felt this historical-but-timely article by John Taylor, Visiting Professor in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University (originally published on The Conversation website), deserves a wider readership. November 2018 marks the centenary of the end of the World War I. It was…
This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Paul Humphreys, Founder and CEO at StudentCrowd and Member of the Higher Education Commission. To find out more about what StudentCrowd do, see Student Reviews, Recruitment and Retention published by HEPI in July 2018. In higher education, the “Acceptance Rate” is…
To my surprise, our recent paper on the new Welsh student funding system has proved more controversial than anything HEPI has published since our 2016 paper on male underachievement. People seemed to find it helpful when we responded to the critique we received for Boys to Men. So I shall…
This blog has been kindly provided by Scott Kelly, the author of two past HEPI reports: Raising productivity by improving higher technical education Reforming BTECs: Applied General qualifications as a route to higher education Scott was an adviser to the Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning (2010-12) and lectures at…
This guest blog marking Colleges Week has been kindly provided by Dr Paul Phillips, CBE, Principal & Chief Executive of the Weston College Group. The Post-18 Review has the potential to create real opportunities for further education (FE) or alternatively to be a damp squib. Which will it be? Philip Augar and his team face…
As Professor John Raftery steps down as Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University, he reflects in a new HEPI Policy Note on the measures he took during his time as Vice-Chancellor (2014-2018), which helped to transform the University from a struggling institution to one with improving scores in all key performance…
Outgoing Vice-Chancellor says improving the prospects of thousands of students from deprived backgrounds is one of his proudest achievements Professor John Raftery said: ‘The turnaround since 2014 at London Metropolitan University is an example of what is possible when a university “gets a grip”, taking both ownership of its past…
I dropped by the Barbican at the weekend, for the Battle of Ideas. It was my third visit to the annual festival to take part in a stimulating event about higher education. This time, the topic was ‘Universities: Can’t get no satisfaction’. In pointing out students’ high satisfaction ratings and…
This guest blog has been kindly contributed by Mark Corney, who is a post-16 education and labour market consultant. Recommendations by the Independent Panel on Post-18 Education and Funding are awaiting advice from the Office for National Statistics on how income-contingent loans in higher education and adult further education should…