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Nick Hillman

  • What do prospective students think about international students?

    19 March 2015 by Nick Hillman

    There is plenty of evidence available on the economic benefits of international students but there is much less information available on the educational benefits. HEPI and Kaplan used the YouthSight Applicant Omnibus Survey to question those on the cusp of higher education about studying alongside students from abroad. The results show…

  • What do the ‘Young People’s Party’ promise students?

    14 March 2015 by Nick Hillman

    We are keeping a roving eye on the higher education policies of the smaller political parties as the 2015 general election approaches. We have already covered what Ukip is promising on this blog and the Green Party’s higher education policies have been usefully covered in some detail by Wonkhe. One very small party…

  • How to get students registered to vote – and why it matters by Paul Blomfield MP

    11 March 2015

    Hepi is delighted to host this guest blog by the (Labour) MP for Sheffield Central – the constituency that has the highest proportion of students and one of the smallest majorities (165) in the House of Commons. Paul Blomfield is Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Students, Secretary of the All-Party…

  • Tomorrow is International Women’s Day: how do women fare in HE leadership?

    7 March 2015 by Nick Hillman

    Women are woefully under-represented in UK national life, including in the leadership of our higher education institutions. For example, while there are some outstanding female Vice-Chancellors, they remain the exception rather than the norm. Arguably, the imbalance starts at the very top as the last few people with responsibility for…

  • Election Briefing

    2 March 2015 by Nick Hillman

    At the HEPI / Times Higher Education / Universities UK / Open University election hustings, held at Church House in central London on the evening of Monday, 2nd March, we published a one-off special Election Briefing. Focussing on six issues, the briefing provides some background information and also the key outstanding questions…

  • HEPI Director responds to Labour’s promised cut in full-time undergraduate fees

    27 February 2015

    The Labour Party have (finally) announced what their policy on student funding will be for the 2015 general election. The headlines are: a reduction in the full-time undergraduate tuition fee cap in 2016 for home and EU students, from £9,000 to £6,000 an increase in maintenance support for students from…

  • Quantity doesn’t mean quality: UEA sabbatical officer responds to Professor Acton

    27 February 2015 by Connor Rand

    Our recent collection of essays on where higher education institutions spend their fees and how their strategies have changed since £9,000 fees came in included a chapter by Professor Edward Acton, the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. We are delighted to publish this response, in the form of…