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, Josh Freeman, at [email protected].
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…
his guest blog has been kindly written for us by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive of London Higher, Dr Richard Boffey, Deputy Head of AccessHE, and Dr Graeme Atherton, Head of AccessHE. AccessHE is part of the London Higher group representing universities and higher education colleges across the capital. You…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor David Law, Academic Director: Global Partnerships, Keele University. How valuable are higher education exports to China? James Pitman, the Managing Director of Study Group, asked in a blog published by HEPI in March 2017, ‘Why does the Office for National Statistics (ONS) fail…
This blog was kindly contributed by Aimee Kleinman and Tim Landucci, Education Marketing Consultants at SMRS. SMRS is a marketing agency that works with universities on strategic marketing and consultancy. Previously Aimee worked in strategic marketing roles at UCL, King’s College London and Middlesex universities. Tim previously worked in similar…
Lee Elliot Major is Professor of Social Mobility at the University of Exeter and former CEO of the Sutton Trust. Like all statistics, university admissions data are wonderfully manipulative things. Today’s UCAS figures might lead you to conclude that universities’ social mobility efforts require just a little nudge to vanquish inequality…
This blog was kindly contributed by Clare Marchant, Chief Executive, UCAS. The onset of the festive season each year signals the start of UCAS’ End of Cycle reporting as we aim to provide the sector with relevant and accessible analysis that looks back at the undergraduate recruitment year, while also…