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The HEPI Blog aims to make brief, incisive contributions to the higher education policy landscape. It is circulated to our subscribers and published online. We welcome guest submissions, which should follow our Instructions for Blog Authors. Submissions should be sent to our Blog Editor, Josh Freeman, at [email protected].

  • The handling of cheating cases is in urgent need of reform

    3 June 2022 by Daniel Sokol

    On Thursday, 9 June 2022, HEPI will host its Annual Conference in central London. Titled ‘Challenges for the future?’, the day will include the launch of the Advance HE / HEPI 2022 Student Academic Experience Survey. Register here. This blog was written by Dr Daniel Sokol, a barrister and founder of Alpha…

  • The Fragmented Research Security Environment

    2 June 2022 by Chaitali Desai

    On Thursday, 9 June 2022, HEPI will host its Annual Conference in central London. Titled ‘Challenges for the future?’, the day will include the launch of the Advance HE / HEPI 2022 Student Academic Experience Survey. Register here. This blog was written by Chaitali Desai, Research Compliance Manager at the University of…

  • The Future Is Here: Upskilling through online learning

    31 May 2022 by Laura Brassington in conversation with the Coursera Skills Transformation Team

    By Laura Brassington in discussion with the Coursera Skills Transformation Team.  In a recent blog post, ‘Five common predictions about COVID and education that now appear to be wrong’, HEPI’s Director, Nick Hillman, pointed out that, contrary to common assumptions, the pandemic saw a rise in student applications to higher education…

  • What does Open Research mean for the future of the REF? The next REF could better recognise the diversity of roles contributing to research

    30 May 2022 by James Cleaver, Gemma Derrick and Simon Hettrick

    In this latest contribution to our series of blogs on the REF, James Cleaver, Dr Gemma Derrick and Professor Simon Hettrick take a look at the potential implications for research assessment, were more open research practices adopted and a wider range of research outputs recognised. It is pleasing to see a broad…

  • Are universities losing the culture war?   

    28 May 2022 by Diana Beech

    On Thursday, 9 June 2022, HEPI will host its Annual Conference in central London. Titled ‘Challenges for the future?’, the day will include the launch of the Advance HE / HEPI 2022 Student Academic Experience Survey. Register here. This blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer of…

  • Employability Blog Series: How partnerships can make a difference to securing jobs for students

    27 May 2022 by Jacklyn Tubb

    On Thursday 9 June 2022, HEPI is hosting its annual conference, ‘Challenges for the future? The student experience, good governance and institutional autonomy’. Register here. The 12th in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Jacklyn Tubb, MAUA, Associate CMI, Head of Business Operations, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of…

  • Tales from REF Central: Reflections from REF results week

    26 May 2022 by Elizabeth Gadd

    This blog was written by Dr Elizabeth Gadd, Research Policy Manager at Loughborough University. I’ve spent my whole career in higher education, but this has been my first REF at the coalface. And so this month was my first in ‘REF Central’, our institutional hub of spreadsheet-wrangling and story-spinning, fuelled by…