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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.…
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…
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…
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…
This guest blog has been kindly provided by Jack Grimston, formerly Education Correspondent and then Deputy Political Editor of the Sunday Times. It is based on a talk he gave at HEPI’s recent Policy Briefing Forum. As only an occasional visitor to the world of higher education, I thought I…
There is considerable media coverage today of the Government’s plans to alter the protection of free speech within higher education institutions. Here are six points about free speech, which were delivered by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, to a meeting at Trinity College, Cambridge, on the evening of 2 May 2018. 1.…
For those of you interested in the ‘beautiful game’, it probably did not escape your notice that Wolverhampton Wanderers celebrated their promotion to the Premier League earlier this month. This is not just great news for the Club and its fans, but also for the University of Wolverhampton, which has…
In a recent speech to the Office for Students conference, Sam Gyimah the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and the self-styled Minister for Students, said: When these students arrive, for some this will be the first time they are away from home, the ‘uni experience’ can be disorientating…
Last Thursday, HEPI hosted its annual University Partners’ Policy Briefing Day at Birkbeck, University of London. For the HEPI team, the Policy Briefing Day is always one of the highlights of the HEPI calendar, providing us with the opportunity to connect with our valued partners from across the UK higher…
This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University and author of HEPI Occasional Paper 17 on The Comprehensive University. Professor Blackman writes here in a personal capacity. The Government’s terms of reference for the ‘independent’ panel undertaking the current Review of post-18…