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 is the latest in a series by Dennis Sherwood, who has been tracking the 2020 results fiasco for HEPI. On Wednesday 10 June 2020, Dr Michelle Meadows, Ofqual’s Executive Director for Strategy, Risk and Research, and Sally Collier, at that time, but no longer, Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, appeared before the Education…
This blog was kindly contributed by recent graduate Abbie Jessop, Chair of Wellbeing Network at Bristol Students’ Union (SU) 2017-18, who worked with student society Beat this Together to pass SU policy in June 2020. On 8 June 2020, the Student Council at the University of Bristol Students’ Union passed…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Claughton, Chief Master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham (2006-2016). You can find John on Twitter @ClaughtonJohn . For many years I fought upon the plains of windy Troy, but all I do now is watch the fighting, like King Priam from the battlements,…
This blog was kindly contributed by Lorna Cosgrave, a third year History undergraduate at Durham University. Before July 2020, many people had not heard of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). However, it has increasingly been brought into the public forum as the condition has become a…
This guest blog has been written by Tom Fryer, author of free-to-access ‘Naff: Universities and how to change them‘ and PhD researcher at the Manchester Institute of Education. You can find Tom on Twitter @TomFryer4 . Everyone has been very ‘present’ recently. Not a Buddhist, awareness of your breath, kind…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Craven, Chief Executive of upReach, the award-winning social mobility charity that works in partnership with universities to support the progression of disadvantaged students into highly skilled jobs. You can find John on Twitter @upReachJCraven . Ofqual were set a nearly impossible task: Provide students with…
This blog was kindly contributed by Philip Cunliffe, Senior Lecturer in International Conflict at the University of Kent and author of the recent report ‘Saving Britain’s Universities: Academic Freedom, Democracy and Renewal’ published by Cieo. Just as university recruitment looked as if it was beginning to settle, the Government’s U-turn…
This blog was kindly contributed by the Research Development Team, Faculty of Humanities, The University of Manchester: Chloe Jeffries, Aaron McGaughey, Luke Postlethwaite and Jared Ruff. COVID-19 upturned research funding. The first act of the crisis saw a necessary focus on health risks. Medical research dominated the media, funding calls…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor David Voas, Head of the UCL Social Research Institute. Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) are losing a key benefit, and almost no one knows it. Currently, you have the option to increase your pension income on favourable terms by giving up…
This guest post has been kindly contributed by Huy Duong, who has been described by the Guardian as ‘the father who foresaw A-level algorithm flaws’. Huy thanks Professor George Constantinides, Professor Rob Cuthbert, Professor Mike Larkin and Mr Dennis Sherwood for important discussion and help in writing this article. Ofqual’s…