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In today’s blog, Nick Hillman, considers some of the critiques of last week’s HEPI paper on the humanities, which proposed broadening the curriculum in the last phase of schooling. A broad church As the Director of a non-aligned think tank, you don’t only go out to defend the reports you…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Cope, Director of Strategy, Policy & Public Affairs at UCAS. John is on Twitter @john_cope. Starting an apprenticeship, or going to college and university is for many, including adult learners, a moment of liberation. It’s the point where financial independence begins, where many…
So the reshuffle is over and we think we know where we stand. In essence, we have a new Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi) and a new Science Minister (George Freeman) but we have retained our previous Secretary of State for BEIS (Kwasi Kwarteng), who covers science and…
This blog was written by Daniel Dipper, a current student at the University of Oxford. Daniel is on Twitter @DanielDipper1. This article intends to outline the initiatives that supported me to get to the University of Oxford, being the first in my immediate family to go to university and coming…
Today’s blog was contributed by Naimatullah Zafary, an Afghan Chevening scholar and Ruth Arnold, Senior Advisor to Study Group and co-founder of the #WeAreInternational campaign. Ruth is on Twitter @RuthArnold. On 28 August the last British flight evacuating civilians from Afghanistan left Kabul, bringing to an end an operation that…
This blog was written by Michael Natzler, HEPI’s Policy Officer, who recently edited the HEPI essay collection, ‘What is the student voice? 13 essays on how to listen to students and how to act on what they say’ and contributed a chapter drawing on interviews with the Office for Students’…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dennis Sherwood who writes for HEPI about Ofqual, A levels and examinations. You can follow him on Twitter @noookophile. On 7 September 2021, the Education Select Committee met with the Minister for School Standards, Nick Gibb; the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education,…
Today’s blog was kindly contributed by Linda Cowan, Managing Director at Kaplan International Pathways. Linda is on Twitter @LCpathways. Last week’s report, The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK economy, published by UUKi and HEPI with research from London Economics, showed the net economic benefit…
Today’s blog was contributed by The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP Former Universities Minister (2018-2020), Co-Chair, All Party Group on Universities and Chair of the UPP Foundation Advisory Board. This is the foreword from today’s report by the UPP Foundation and The Bridge Group. You can find Chris on Twitter…
This blog was kindly written by Adam Habib, Director at SOAS, University of London. Adam’s Twitter is @AdHabb. HEPI’s recently released report on internationa students, produced in conjunction with the Universities UK International Unit and London Economics, has been received with much fanfare. The report suggests that the 496,000 international…