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Around one-third of students worry their university could go bust and one-half expect the Government to take over if it does
There is considerable speculation about the financial difficulties facing universities, with 40% of higher education institutions thought to be in deficit in 2023/24. One or even a small handful of institutions could soon be insolvent. Despite this, there was no new support contained in the recent Budget. In response to…
Would restricting access to Russell Group universities and introducing an Oxbridge lottery crack open Britain’s elite?
Nick Hillman, HEPI’s Director, takes a look at the new book ‘Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite’ by Aaron Reeves (Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Oxford) and Sam Friedman (Professor of Sociology at the LSE). As the last book I…
HEPI SOFT-POWER INDEX 2024: The US pulls further away, while the UK stands still and France slips back
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published the results of its eighth annual Soft-Power Index. The Index measures the number of senior serving world leaders – defined as monarchs, presidents and prime ministers – educated at a higher level in countries other than their own. This year’s results show: When the Index began in 2017, higher level institutions…
HEPI’s Annual Review for 2023/24
We are delighted to be publishing HEPI’s Annual Review for 2023/24. This document recounts HEPI’s policy work over the previous academic year, including a record number of pieces of research and a record number of events, leading to record levels of engagement. We are, as always, very grateful for the financial support…
Higher education and the Conservative Party Conference: A sketch from Birmingham
Nick Hillman, HEPI Director, recounts his time at the Conservative Party Conference, which ends today, below. His speech to the HEPI / KCL Policy Institute fringe event is separately available here and his account of last week’s Labour Party Conference is here. After last week’s visit to Liverpool, I popped…
What is the Conservative approach to UK higher education now?
These are the remarks made by Nick Hillman, HEPI Director, at the HEPI / KCL Policy Institute fringe event at the 2024 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. A sketch of his time at the Conference is here. What is the Conservative approach to UK higher education now? I’ve no idea…
What can we expect from the new Government?: Speech at the Opening of the Dyslexia Research and Education Hub, University of Buckingham
This speech was delivered by Nick Hillman (HEPI’s Director) in a personal capacity in his role as a Council Member at the University of Buckingham. Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to speak at this important event. Our overarching theme today is ‘Educating the Educators’. I have spent most…
Undergraduate fees revisited
Tim Leunig lays out the shortcomings of the current higher education funding model in England and proposes a 10-point action plan to fix the system for the benefit of students, institutions and the nation.
We wanted Here Comes the Sun, but we got Rain*: A view from Liverpool
Like many others with an interest in higher education policy, HEPI Director Nick Hillman swung by Liverpool for a sojourn at the Labour Party Conference. His suitcase’s wheels have never been so clean. Here’s what he found. Each person’s journey through any political party conference is different. There are a…