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This blog was kindly contributed by Anulika Ajufo, Chair of Board of Governors, University of East London. I know all too well that life is not a level playing field. Although education can reduce the gulf between playing fields, levelling requires much more. I chair the board of a diverse…
Today, the HEPI blog looks at the commitments on student finance made by the five main players in this week’s elections to the Scottish Parliament. This follows on from Monday’s blog, which considered the commitments on higher education by political parties seeking election to the Senedd in Cardiff. When it comes…
This blog was kindly contributed by Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at Nottingham Trent University, writing in a personal capacity. Mike also runs his own blog Moremeansbetter and you can find Mike on Twitter @mike_rat. Apparently, 85% of people asked what they would want to have happen next for 18-year olds…
This guest blog has been written for HEPI by Professor Richard Wyn Jones, Director of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University. HEPI’s previous output on Wales includes Is ‘progressive universalism’ the answer? The new student funding arrangements in Wales. Welsh universities are currently preparing for the outcome of the…
There has been a lot of interest in our new report on students’ personal lives – especially the finding that over half of students say passing a sexual consent assessment should be necessary before starting higher education. This raises lots of questions. Do such tests change behaviour? And if they…
This blog responding to HEPI’s most recent report was kindly contributed by Lisa Hallgarten, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Brook. Brook provides clinical sexual health services in England, Relationships and Sex Education in England and Wales, training for teachers, workshops, e-learning and information for university students across the…
This blog was kindly contributed by Mat Oakley, Head of UK and European commercial research at Savills. You can find Savills on Twitter @savills. After over a year of debate, anyone who works in the offices sector is probably more than a little bored of speculating on whether COVID has…
There’s always a big fiscal event around the corner, whether it is a budget, a pre-budget statement or, most importantly of all, a multi-year spending review. Waiting for the next multi-year review has been a bit like waiting for Godot. It has been repeatedly delayed: I recall going to an event at…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Randall Whittaker, Pro-Vice Chancellor Academic and Leeds Arts University. You can find Randall on Twitter @RandalWhittaker. On Wednesday 21 April HEPI hosted the third webinar in a series with Advance HE on ‘How do we ensure equality in higher education in a pandemic?’.…
We have been running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays ‘Where next for university admissions?‘, which was edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. This blog is the sixth in the series and is the chapter written by David Hawkins, Founder, The University…