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This blog was contributed by Paul Raybould, Marketing Director at QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The UK is a global leader in higher education – it is one of our greatest exports. The UK is home to 6 of the top 20 universities in the world according to our QS world university…

This guest blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech (Chief Executive) and Jack O’Neill (Policy & Projects Officer) from London Higher – the body representing the diversity of higher education provision in London. The latest HEPI report looking at future demand for higher education predicts big gains for…

This blog was kindly contributed by Gabi Binnie, Policy and Research Manager at AGCAS. As we engage in discourse that acknowledges the past and looks to the future, Black History Month offers a timely reminder of the interventions needed across higher education to tackle the Black, Asian and minority ethnic…

In this blog Mary Curnock Cook, Network Chair at Emerge Education, and Jack Hylands, Co-Founder/CEO of FourthRev, review the role of edtech and emerging opportunities for universities in the COVID era. You can find Mary on Twitter @MaryCurnockCook . Recent conversations with dozens of university leaders and faculty have confirmed…

This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Paul Vincent Smith, Head of Student Support Services, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. You can find Paul on Twitter @Paul27326740 Many universities, including my own, now monitor student interaction with a virtual learning environment (VLE) and are able to produce analytic…

We are spoilt for choice when it comes to interesting new books on education policy at the moment, which is why HEPI’s blog has been running more book reviews than normal. One of the most thought-provoking is the new book by David Goodhart, the old Etonian son of one of…

This blog was kindly contributed by Ron Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London Institute of Education and Honorary Fellow of St Mary’s University. His latest sole-authored book is The Ecological University: A Feasible Utopia. This blog is based on the thoughts offered by Ron at a recent…

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Rowena Pelik, who is now freelance with H.E. Quality Enhancement Services Ltd., after a career in the UK university sector and, most recently, with QAA. You can find Rowena on Twitter @RowenaP11 . Exploring the elements that contribute to international…

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Matt Durnin, who is Global Head of Insights & Consultancy within the International Education Services at the British Council. Over the past six months, the British Council has run surveys to understand how COVID-19 impacts on international student enrolments in…

When asked to expound on the full impact of COVID on higher education, I am tempted to say – like the supposed comment about the French Revolution – that ‘It is too early to say.’ But that has not stopped others from guessing. If you Google it, you will find…