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This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Vikki Boliver and Dr Mandy Powell, Department of Sociology, Durham University. You can find Vikki on twitter @VikkiBoliver What do academically selective universities mean by fair admission? In a new research report funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Fair Admission to Universities in England:…
This blog was kindly contributed by Ria Bhatta, Head of Stakeholder Engagement at Pearson. Last term saw the exciting milestone of the first cohort of students enrol on the new T Level programmes in Digital and Construction pathways and in Childcare. Last term also marked the launch of the Department…
The announcement just before Christmas that Lord Wharton has been picked to replace Sir Michael Barber as the Chair of the Office for Students was simultaneously very surprising and totally expected. It was surprising because no one seems to have previously mentioned his name in relation to the role but…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor David Carter, Head of the International Study and Language Institute at the University of Reading. The UK’s withdrawal from Erasmus+ is not a surprise to anyone who follows government announcements from time to time. The Prime Minister said to the House of Commons…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Alex Blower, University of Portsmouth. Having worked in university outreach teams since 2012, completed his doctoral research in education and inequality in 2020. You can find Alex on Twitter @EduDetective I began working in university outreach back in 2012. Since then, universities have…
As the Government confirms ‘we will not be asking students to sit GCSE and A Levels’ in 2021 and while we all await further details, the HEPI blog considers the (in)accuracy of the regular grading process. This blog has been kindly contributed by Gabriel Roberts, an English teacher at a…
This blog was kindly contributed by Marco Cavallaro, a Doctoral Student at the University of Lugano in Switzerland. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement clears the way towards UK post-Brexit access to Horizon Europe, the 9th EU research programme. Although the terms of association still need to be agreed upon, the Agreement…
After a short break for Christmas and the new year, the HEPI daily blog starts up again today with a piece by Dr Bill Mitchell OBE, Director of Policy at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Bill is on Twitter @batteredbluebox. Later this week, we will run pieces on the…
Phew. Time to take a breather. 2020 has been a rollercoaster and this blog marks our last of the year. In January, perhaps we were tempting fate when we answered ‘How accurate were predictions for higher education in 2020?’ Little did we know that the Valentine’s Day reshuffle (bringing in…
This blog was kindly contributed by Kirstie-Anne Woodman, a recent International Relations graduate from the University of Birmingham. Kirstie-Anne is currently interning at a diversity and inclusion consultancy agency, Worth of Mouth Services. You can find Kirstie-Anne on LinkedIn. It took me a long time to find a dissertation topic…