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Rob Cuthbert is Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Management at the University of the West of England and Managing Partner of the Practical Academics consultancy. He wrote the 2020 HEPI blog ‘A-levels 2020: What students and parents need to know’ (which has had more hits than any other HEPI blog…
This blog was written by Richard Brabner, Director of the UPP Foundation, and Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI. You can find Richard on Twitter @richardbrabner. Last week, the UPP Foundation and HEPI published a major new report on public attitudes to higher education. The survey was conducted in February and…
This blog was kindly contributed by Mia Liyanage, the author of our HEPI Debate Paper 23, Miseducation: decolonising curricula, culture and pedagogy in UK universities. Mia is a decolonisation advocate and the former Co-Chair of Common Ground Oxford, a student movement challenging racism, classism and the legacy of colonialism in…
This blog was kindly contributed by Paul Kirkham, Chief Executive of The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. Last week, the Office for Students confirmed changes to how it will distribute funding to universities and colleges for 2021-22. This follows consultation and new terms and conditions received from the Secretary of…
Clare Marchant, the Chief Executive of UCAS, outlines five insights on what is on the minds of students and university decision makers before results land. Next week, HEPI will be hosting a free online an In Conversation session with Clare – book here. Tuesday, 10th August 2021 marks the first…
This blog was kindly contributed by Brendan Coulson, Education Project Start-Up Lead at Nottingham Trent University. The purpose of education is a widely debated topic across the education system. The Education Secretary stated at the HEPI Annual conference that: We must never forget that the purpose of education is to…
Today, the HEPI website will receive its two millionth hit since the start of 2015. It took us almost five years, from January 2015 to November 2019, to score the first million but it has taken only 20 months, or less than two years, to hit the second million. This…
This blog was kindly contributed by Peter Scott, Professor of Higher Education Studies at the UCL Institute of Education. At the level of high (low?) politics the three-centuries union of England and Scotland still endures – despite Brexit and Scotland’s enforced departure from the European Union and despite the Scottish…
This blog was kindly contributed by Helena Gillespie, Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of East Anglia. You can find Helena on Twitter @helenauea @uniofeastanglia. The Office for Students have launched a review of ‘inclusive’ practice in assessment in higher education. Details are scant at…
This blog was kindly contributed by Neil Renton, Headteacher of Harrogate Grammar School, Red Kite Learning Trust and an Association of School and College Leaders member. We have all stood outside the examination hall talking about what we hoped would be in the exam and discussing what we had revised.…