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Nick Hillman

  • A Vice-Chancellor’s election manifesto

    20 February 2015

    The higher education mission groups and representative bodies are in the process of making recommendations for the next Government but each Vice-Chancellor does not typically produce their own manifesto. So HEPI is particularly pleased to host this guest blog by Professor Quintin McKellar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, in the form of his personal…

  • Tomorrow is University Mental Health Day

    17 February 2015 by Nick HIllman

    Tomorrow – Wednesday, 18th February 2015 – is University Mental Health Day. The 2014 HEPI / HEA Student Academic Experience Survey suggested that, on average, students’ wellbeing may be lower than that for the population as a whole. Last week, the excellent new Student Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education: Good Practice Guide…

  • David Watson

    9 February 2015

    Along with many other people in higher education, we are today mourning the sad loss of Professor Sir David Watson, a prolific author and commentator on higher education, who was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton and, more recently, Principal of Green Templeton College, Oxford. Hepi is honoured to have been able…

  • ‘What Do I Get?’: Ten essays on student fees, student engagement and student choice

    5 February 2015 by Edited by Nick Hillman

    HEPI’s first book, ‘What Do I Get?’: Ten essays on student fees, student engagement and student choice, includes contributions from a wide range of higher education institutions: older universities – the University of Leicester, the University of Sheffield and the University of East Anglia; newer universities – the University of Hertfordshire,…

  • Supporting informed choice in higher education

    30 January 2015

    Louisa Darian from Which?, who partnered with HEPI on the 2013 Academic Experience Survey, writes exclusively for HEPI on how to support people in the midst of choosing what and where to study. We are grateful to Louisa for this guest blog. Next month the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is due…