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https://www.wfd.org/what-we-do/resources/post-legislative-scrutiny-uk-parliamentAs the Higher Education and Research Act (2017) is currently due its post-legislative scrutiny, this blog on how the process is designed to work has been kindly contributed to HEPI by Dr Tom Caygill, Lecturer in Politics at Nottingham Trent University and the author of ‘The UK post-legislative scrutiny gap‘…
Today’s blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Jenny Shaw, HE External Engagement Director at Unite Students. Students are anxious. This was one of the key findings of the Advance HE / HEPI 2022 Student Experience Survey, but one that may not immediately stand out against the other headline…
This blog was kindly contributed by Adão Carvalho, Professor of Economics at the University of Evora, Portugal. Adão is the author of a previous HEPI blog, ‘Goals-based R&D policy: high popularity, low effectiveness – What is the likelihood of the UK reaching its target of spending 2.4% of GDP on R&D…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer of London Higher – the representative body for more than forty universities and higher education colleges across London. It is a summary of remarks presented at Bloomsbury Institute London’s ‘Taking Shape: Teaching and Learning Conference’ on 13 July…
This blog was written in a personal capacity by David Tymms, Chair, British Property Federation Student Accommodation Committee and a Director at iQ Student Accommodation. The numbers London is the epicentre of the United Kingdom’s, and arguably the world’s, higher education system generating £17 billion of goods and services in…
Dean Machin is Head of Public Policy at the University of Portsmouth. He is a former philosopher who has advised David Willetts. In 2015, he wrote a report on data-sharing for the Social Mobility Commission. Dean is writing here in a personal capacity. By the time the Free Speech Bill returns…
This blog was kindly contributed by Mary Curnock Cook CBE, Chair of Pearson Education Ltd, the UK-regulated qualifications arm of Pearson. You can find Mary on Twitter @MaryCurnockCook. The start of 2022 opened with a strong show of support for the Level 3 BTEC and Applied General qualifications, with more…
By Lucy Haire and Laura Brassington at HEPI in conversation with Clare Adams, Joanne Patterson and Michael Harbaugh at Handshake. Handshake are on Twitter @joinhandshakeuk. Around 500,000 new graduates are leaving UK universities and colleges up and down the country this summer. Those long years of study, never-ending nights of revision and…
This blog was written by Joanna Thornborough, Senior Policy Adviser (HE & Skills) at the British Academy. With uncertainty surrounding the UK’s association to Horizon Europe and a resurgence of COVID-19 cases threatening to cause more chaos when terms start afresh in September, academics could be forgiven for wanting to block out all thoughts…
This blog was kindly contributed by Zeenat Fayaz, Director of Brand & Strategy at The Brand Education. Over her many years in the industry, Zeenat has seen how the best universities leverage strong brands for a greater market share in partnerships, recruitment and funding. Zeenat’s experience working with QS and…