However: The Curriculum and Assessment review
The interim curriculum review highlights system strengths but repeatedly signals unresolved challenges in equity, attainment, and qualification pathways.
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Financial sustainability in UK higher education: the limits of self-help?
In a recent HEPI/Mills and Reeve discussion, university leaders discussed the financial challenges facing higher education, emphasizing the need for collective action, strategic investment, and transformation expertise.
Will the UK’s AI Action Plan Force Universities into a U-turn?
The UK's AI growth ambitions clash with restrictive visa policies, risking talent loss and undermining the AI Action Plan’s objectives.
The importance of reasonable adjustments
Universities must comply with the Equality Act by making reasonable adjustments for disabled students, or risk legal and reputational consequences.
#ShoutOutForGerman – A case for language learning and German at British Universities
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by colleagues at the German Embassy in London and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). #ShoutOutForGerman – this is the title of a week-long campaign from 17 to 21 March to showcase all things German across the entire UK and inspire learning German. The…
The Graduate Route — the most undervalued tool at the Treasury’s disposal to drive growth in the UK.
The HEPI blog was kindly authored by James Pitman, Chair of IHE and Managing Director U.K. and Ireland, Study Group The Graduate Route has been extraordinarily powerful in driving international education value in the UK. Although all the surveys show students choose universities and courses for their reputation or fit,…
Greater width and greater depth: changing higher education in an electronic age
Higher education must undergo a deep and wide transformation to address rapid global changes, shifting student identities, and evolving learning needs.
How can evolving student attitudes inform institutional Gen-AI initiatives?
This HEPI blog was authored by Isabelle Bristow, Managing Director UK and Europe at Studiosity. In a HEPI blog published almost a year ago, Student Voices on AI: Navigating Expectations and Opportunities, I reported the findings of global research Studiosity commissioned with YouGov on students’ attitudes towards artificial intelligence (AI).…
Level 7 Apprenticeships: Babies and Bathwater
Last September, the Prime Minister announced a “rebalancing” of funding from the apprenticeship levy (shortly to become the Growth and Skills Levy). Employers’ ability to use the funds for postgraduate-level apprenticeships would be restricted in the hope of shoring up lower levels. A couple of months later, Skills Minister Jacqui…
How do care-experienced students view their time in higher education?
Care-experienced students face higher dropout rates, financial strain, and travel burdens, highlighting the need for better institutional and governmental support.