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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, Rose Stephenson, at [email protected]

  • Manifesto idea #7: Ant Sutcliffe and Dr Hannah Merry (@Higher_Horizons)

    16 May 2018 by Ant Sutcliffe and Hannah Merry

    This blog is part of the series featuring ideas contained in the new HEPI-Brightside report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director for Fair Access and Participation. It showcases the idea from Ant Sutcliffe, Head, and Dr Hannah Merry, Operations Manager, at the Higher Horizons+ National…

  • Manifesto idea #6: David Woolley

    15 May 2018 by David Woolley

    This blog is part of the series featuring ideas contained in the new HEPI-Brightside report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director for Fair Access and Participation. It showcases the idea from David Woolley, Head of Schools, Colleges and Community Outreach at Nottingham Trent University.…

  • Manifesto idea #5: Anne-Marie Canning (@amcanning)

    15 May 2018 by Anne-Marie Canning

    This blog is part of the series featuring ideas contained in the new HEPI-Brightside report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director for Fair Access and Participation. It kicks off perspectives from widening participation practitioners and showcases the idea from Anne-Marie Canning, Director of Social…

  • Manifesto idea #4: Professor Anna Vignoles (@AnnaVignoles)

    14 May 2018 by Anna Vignoles

    This blog is part of the series featuring ideas contained in the new HEPI-Brightside report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director for Fair Access and Participation. It showcases the idea from Anna Vignoles, Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge. Most of the…

  • Manifesto idea #3: Ross Renton (@Ross_Renton)

    14 May 2018 by Ross Renton

    This blog is part of the series featuring ideas contained in the new HEPI-Brightside report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director for Fair Access and Participation. It showcases the idea from Ross Renton, Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Worcester. According to the…

  • Manifesto idea #2: Professor Kalwant Bhopal

    11 May 2018 by Kalwant Bhopal

    This blog is part of the series featuring ideas contained in the new HEPI-Brightside report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director for Fair Access and Participation. It showcases the idea from Kalwant Bhopal, Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of Birmingham.…

  • Manifesto idea #1: Professor Tim Quine

    11 May 2018 by Tim Quine

    This blog is part of the series featuring ideas contained in the new HEPI-Brightside report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director for Fair Access and Participation. It showcases the idea from Professor Tim Quine, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Exeter. Ensuring a…

  • Introducing our manifesto for the new Director of Fair Access and Participation

    10 May 2018 by Paul Clarke

    Today, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Brightside have released a new report, Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director of Fair Access and Participation. The ideas contained in the report are as diverse as the voices and, beginning today, we will…

  • Maintenance loans – money worth having?

    9 May 2018 by Mark Corney

    This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Mark Corney. Mark is a post-16 education and labour market consultant. The review of post-18 education and funding in England is a creature of the present Conservative government. Under Labour, a fee-free system would apply in both the higher education (HE) and…