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This blog was kindly contributed by Rich Pickford, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer and Nottingham Civic Exchange Lead at Nottingham Trent University. HEPI polled students on their opinions of the Augar fee system. You can find the results here. Earlier this year I was asked by Professor Edward Peck, Vice-Chancellor…
This guest blog has been kindly contributed by David Willock, Managing Director, Head of ESG Finance & Structuring at Lloyds Bank, who are sponsoring the webinar on ‘From COVID to COP26: What more could higher education institutions do to drive environmental sustainability?’ taking place on 8 June 2021 – further…
Last week began with news that one of the oldest and richest colleges at one of England’s oldest and richest universities is on the way to raising £25 million to deliver debt-free degrees to 40 people from low-income households. That sounds like good news. It is to be, we are…
This blog was contributed by Tom Fryer, a PhD researcher at University of Manchester. Tom has written for HEPI before about comprehensive universities. You can find Tom on Twitter @TomFryer4 There is a lot to like about Tuesday’s HEPI blog from Johnny Rich and Stella Fowler on the contribution of…
This blog was kindly contributed by Chris Davies, a third year Classics undergraduate at New College, Oxford. You can find Chris on Twitter @chris_davies5. Chris writes about the importance of volunteer-led student tuition which studies (here and here) have shown to be ‘highly effective’. For educational policymakers, the benefits of…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dennis Sherwood. Dennis has been writing for HEPI about A levels and exam marking over the last few years. You can find Dennis on Twitter @noookophile. Suppose that Mr Sherwood is right, and that, on average, one exam grade in every four is wrong.…
This blog was contributed by Johnny Rich (Chief Executive) and Stella Fowler (Policy Manager) from the Engineering Professors’ Council, the representative body of Engineering academics in UK universities. You can find Johnny on Twitter @JohnnySRich The Government is keen to use graduate earnings as a metric for the value of…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dan Beynon, Head of Education at SMRS, which works with more than 30 universities supporting them with strategic marketing and consultancy. Dan has been working with universities in the UK and internationally for the last 21 years. SMRS, in partnership with the Universities Marketing Forum (UMF) and…
This blog was contributed by Simone Eringfeld is an educational researcher, poet and musician who uses sound-based methods such as podcasting and spoken word poetry in her academic work. For her MPhil thesis on hopes and fears for the post-coronial university, she received the BERA Masters Dissertation Award (2021). PLEASE…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Sir Chris Husbands, Vice-Chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University. Chris also co-authored HEPI Paper 125 ‘Making Universities Matter: How higher education can help to heal a divided Britain’. You can find Chris on Twitter @Hallam_VC. There are ominous storm clouds gathering on the horizon for…