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This blog was kindly contributed by Anna Mountford-Zimdars, Professor of Social Mobility and Director of the Centre for Social Mobility at the University of Exeter. You can find Anna on Twitter @AnnaM_Zimdars In short: Maybe. But the decision should not be made now. Periodically, policy makers and UCAS wonder: shall…
Professor Carl Gombrich, Academic Lead and Director of Teaching & Learning at the London Interdisciplinary School responds to Professor Paul Ashwin’s recent HEPI blog. You can find Carl on Twitter @carlgomb We are grateful for Paul Ashwin’s thoughtful blog post on the new London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) and would like…
This blog was contributed by Jenny Shaw, Student Experience Director at Unite Students. You can find Jenny on Twitter @jennyshaw When Big Ben finally rings the chimes on 2021, I doubt that many of us will give a sigh of regret that 2020 has gone. After a uniquely challenging and,…
This blog has been written by Professor Michael Scott, Co-Director of the Warwick Institute of Engagement. You can contact Michael at [email protected]. It has never been more important for us to reach out and engage the world around us, especially in an era of national lockdowns and the social disconnect…
Dr Giles Carden is Chief of Staff at Lancaster University and writes in a personal capacity on the 10th anniversary of the student protests against higher tuition fees. As I flick through the newspaper on my iPad each morning it is now routine for me to see stories criticising universities…
This blog was kindly contributed by Lynn Dobbs, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of London Met University I have always held the belief that universities have a civic duty to the areas in which they are based. Institutions are not just part of that area, but part of the community within…
This blog was written by Dr Graeme Atherton, Director, National Education Opportunities Network and Professor Peter John CBE, Vice-Chancellor, University of West London. Earlier this year, Graeme and Peter wrote a piece in response to Michelle Donelan’s comments about social mobility in higher education. It is hard to pin down…
This blog was kindly contributed by Paul Ashwin, Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University and Deputy Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education. Paul is on Twitter @paulashwin I have recently published a book in which I offer a manifesto for transforming university education. I was therefore fascinated…
This is a written transcript of Andrew Connors’s (Head of Higher Education, Lloyds Bank) introductory remarks at the recent HEPI / Lloyds webinar on ‘The long-term impact of COVID-19 on the higher education sector’. You can now watch the full recording here. I wrote here back in April that the…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Stephanie Marshall, Vice Principal (Education)Queen Mary University of London. Blended learning is nothing new. It was a pedagogic approach used as early as 1436, when Gutenburg invented his printing press, facilitating inexpensive mass-production of books. Subsequently, rather than the pedagogue reading from a…