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In May 2023, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 came into being after two years of parliamentary debate, media and think tank speculation, and a large serving of consternation from within HE. However, the Act crossed the legislative finishing line largely intact, and the baton (or chalice) is…
The results of the annual Graduate Outcomes Survey are upon us again, and across the sector we scramble to analyse our performance in terms of highly skilled employment outcomes and how this might affect our internal performance measures and external league table standings. But it is worth looking beyond the…
This is the story of a once great academic publishing house whose reputation is now tarnished among academics, authors and even among the editors who are currently engaged to edit their vast and varied suite of journals. The academic publishing industry is a significant international employer, with the leading companies…
We spoke to Liam to discuss Jisc’s contribution to UCAS’ Journey to a Million, digital transformation and why partnerships are crucial to success. How might the predicted increase in student numbers impact institutions and their staff? Digital transformation is an essential part of the solution to the predicted increase in…
Universities are faced with rising costs and shrinking margins, and the challenges are many. Student attraction and retention remains a priority, amid an ever changing mix of domestic and international students. There is no doubt the competition for international and other highly sought-after students has been heightened by COVID, and…
The universities brief has never sat easily within government. For many years, English universities were notionally the responsibility of the Department for Education but were effectively regulated via funding incentives via the Higher Education Funding Council for England. In 2007, they were moved to the Department of Innovation, Universities and…
On the back of the HEPI, UUKi and Kaplan International Pathways report with updated figures on the economic benefit that international students bring to the UK, London Higher, along with Universities UK International, BUILA, UKCISA and British Council – Study UK, are relaunching the #WeAreInternational campaign. We are hoping that…
This policy piece has four key interlinking objectives: Changes in postgraduate taught study In 2010/11, the overall number of PGT enrolments in the UK reached a peak (see Table 1). UK domiciled enrolments were across all PGT offerings (i.e. masters, PGCE, other PG) whereas for EU and Non-EU, it was…
I recently had the pleasure of attending one of HEPI’s roundtable dinners, in partnership with TechnologyOne, to discuss how far technology can address the higher education sector’s biggest challenges. The roundtable led, as one might expect, to an initial discussion about what exactly are the higher education sector’s biggest challenges.…
Yesterday, HEPI and Advance HE released the 2023 iteration of the annual Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES). The results always provide profound insight into student life and, with a sample size of over 10,000, they can be firmly relied upon for understanding how students are dealing with ‘the new normal’…