The HEPI Blog aims to make brief, incisive contributions to the higher education policy landscape. It is circulated to our subscribers and published online. We welcome guest submissions, which should follow our Instructions for Blog Authors. Submissions should be sent to our Blog Editor, Rose Stephenson, at [email protected].
This blog was contributed by Vivi Friedgut, Founder and CEO of Blackbullion is a financial wellbeing platform on a mission to simplify the world of finance and access to funding for young people. Vivi is on Twitter @ViviFriedgut. There’s no denying that the last academic year was another long one,…
This guest blog was contributed by Ellie Bothwell, Rankings Editor at Times Higher Education (@elliebothwell) With COP26 rapidly approaching and the warning klaxon on the climate emergency getting ever louder, a new report from Times Higher Education examines how well higher education institutions across the globe are performing when it…
This blog was kindly contributed by Nick Barker, Schools Outreach Fellow, Social Inclusion Group, The University of Warwick. If this was a film and I wanted to set the scene for you, we could start by looking down on me, sat in front of my laptop. The camera would then…
This blog was kindly contributed by Daniel Sokol is a barrister and founder of Alpha Academic Appeals, where he leads a team of 15 barristers who act for students accused of misconduct. He was formerly a university lecturer. Daniel is on Twitter @DanielSokol9. John and Amy were best friends. They…
Today’s blog was co-written by a former Chevening Scholar in Afghanistan, who remains anonymous for their own security, and Dr Ceri Oeppen, Co-Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK (@Oeppen). In August 2021 this year’s cohort of Afghan Chevening Scholars were evacuated from Kabul. But…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Aubrey Douglass, Senior Research Fellow and Research Professor at University of California, Berkeley. To varying degrees, universities are feeling the brunt of the rise in neo-nationalist movements and governments, usually led by powerful political demagogues. For the purpose of generating populist support and…
This blog was kindly contributed by Connor Mckenzie, Head of Policy and Research at MillionPlus. You can follow them on Twitter @million_plus. The recent cabinet reshuffle has presented the university sector with challenges and opportunities in the run up to the Spending Review—challenges, as the commitments of previous minsters may…
This blog was kindly contributed by Chris Percy and Dr Aveek Bhattacharya, regarding their recent publication with the Social Market Foundation. They are both on Twitter: @chris_percy and @aveek18. A couple of weeks ago, HEPI published a paper by Lord David Willetts, making a forceful case for continuing to support…
This blog was kindly contributed by Nana Fredua Agyeman and Kwame Asamoah Kwarteng, international students and former sabbatical officers at the University of Manchester Students’ Union. Follow them on Twitter @nanafreduaagyem, @asamoahpeters and @ManchesterSU. The timing of the HEPI Report: ‘Paying more for less?’ could not be better considering how…
Today’s blog was kindly contributed by Dean Machin, Head of Policy at the University of Portsmouth. Dean is writing in a personal capacity. Today, the Skills Bill returns to the House of Lords. There is plenty in the Bill so one might wonder why the Lords debated BTEC Nationals for…