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Below are eight points made by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, to today’s UK Student Accommodation Forum session on ‘Winners and Losers in 2021’ I recognise the focus today is on the growth in the number of full-time students, and principally younger ones, and also that we are looking at what…
HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, recalls the contribution to higher education policy made by Shirley Williams, whose death was reported yesterday. The Rt Hon. the Baroness Williams of Crosby, more commonly known as Shirley Williams, has sadly died after a long and full life. She was perhaps best known for her…
This guest blog on the support of the Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) for higher education has been kindly contributed by Professor Sir Roderick Floud, who was Provost of City Poly and its successor institutions from 1988 to 2006. Prince Philip’s connections with higher education, as Chancellor of both Edinburgh and…
This week, we are running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays ‘Where next for university admissions?‘ edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. Yesterday we shared the chapter by Dr Graeme Atherton, Director, National Education Opportunities Network (NEON), ‘How could admissions reform…
This week, we are running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays Where next for university admissions?‘ edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. Yesterday we shared the chapter by Dr John Cater, Vice-Chancellor at Edge Hill University ‘Post qualification admissions: Should…
Over the next few days, we will be running a selection of chapters from HEPI’s recent collection of essays ‘Where next for university admissions?‘ edited and introduced by Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. This blog is the first in the series and is the chapter written by…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Neil Davies, Senior Research Fellow at the Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol. You can find Neil on Twitter @nm_davies. Since 2014, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has lurched from crisis to crisis. Member satisfaction with the scheme has collapsed from 68% in…
Today’s blog is based on the remarks of HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, to the 200th seminar by the Centre for Global Higher Education. It is fantastic to see the Centre for Global Higher Education going from strength to strength. I often log in to your events, including the recent one on China, and…
This blog was kindly contributed by Bobby Mehta, Chair, BUILA, Director of UoP Global, University of Portsmouth. You can find Bobby on Twitter @bmehtaUK. The importance of education agents in the recruitment of international students cannot be overstated. They are used by an estimated 88% of higher education institutions (HEIs)…
This blog is an edited transcript of a speech delivered by Professor John Heathershaw, University of Exeter to the University of Buckingham’s Conference on Academic Freedom in March. You can find John on Twitter @HeathershawJ and the working group @AcFreeWorldUK. How does the internationalisation of higher education affect academic freedom?…