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].
This blog was kindly contributed by Andrew Connors, Head of Higher Education at Lloyds Bank (@LloydsBankBiz). As the dust settles from COP26 with a myriad of new climate commitments, many are still assessing what this means for them. This year’s COP was particularly important, in that it was the first…
This blog was contributed by Stacey Mottershaw, Lecturer and Faculty Director of Taught Student Social Mobility at Leeds University Business School. When reading David Woolley’s recent post on The pervasive belief in low aspirations could undermine the Government’s ‘reboot’ of widening the doors to higher education, exploring the Government’s intention…
This blog was contributed by Clare Marchant, UCAS Chief Executive. The 2021 UCAS End of Cycle data provides a strong indication of where the interests of the upcoming graduate and apprentice workforce lie. The proportion of all young people across the UK getting an undergraduate place is at record levels…
This blog was contributed by Jack Ruane, University League Manager at People & Planet. The 2021 People & Planet University League shows many higher education providers are taking positive steps, but the sector still has much to improve. The higher education sector must go beyond inadequate government targets and regulatory…
This blog was kindly contributed by Nick Chambers, CEO, the Education and Employers charity. Research just published in the USA reinforces findings from recent UK studies about who children meet in their day to day lives and the impact this has on their aspirations, future study paths, and long-term career…
This blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech (@dianajbeech), Chief Executive Officer of London Higher – the representative body for over 40 universities and higher education colleges across London. Diana was previously the first Director of Policy and Advocacy at HEPI and served as Policy Advisor to the…
the main burden for resisting the slow destruction of a cultural and educational heritage lies with academics themselves, but it is they – some of them, at least – who pose the main threat. They pose it, not because of any particular position they hold, or thoughts they are thinking,…
This blog was contributed by Janet Ilieva, Director and Founder of Education Insight and co-author of ‘Natural Partners: Building a comprehensive UK-India knowledge partnership’. The spotlight has rapidly turned to India, the second-largest sending country for globally mobile students and home to the world’s largest youthful population under the age…
This blog was contributed by Professor Ross Renton, the inaugural Principal of ARU Peterborough – a new university for the city. ARU Peterborough is being led by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, Peterborough City Council, and Anglia Ruskin University, and will open in September 2022. The post-pandemic mass return to…
This blog was contributed by Gary Attle, Partner and Head of Education & Governance for Mills & Reeve LLP. During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Office for Students as the regulator for higher education in England took steps to reduce the regulatory requirements which had to be met by registered…