This HEPI / JobTeaser joint webinar will explore the findings from the forthcoming HEPI Policy Note Open for business? Students’ views on entering the labour market, to be published on Tuesday 28 April. The results of a survey of over 1,000 full-time undergraduate students on starting their career will be…
Please note that due to the current Covid-19 crisis, this event had to be cancelled. On Wednesday 25 March 2020, HEPI and Advance HE host the third seminar in the 2020 series of parliamentary breakfast seminars. Safeguarding the autonomy of the sector has been a key political battle in recent…
The value of higher education has been fiercely debated in recent years and the Government are committed to cracking down on ‘low value’ courses. Many criticise the use of existing metrics to define value, such as graduate salaries and the Teaching Excellence Framework, but, to date, no better alternative has…
On 26 February 2020, HEPI and Advance HE will host the second in the 2020 series of parliamentary breakfast seminars. In a new era of regulation, and with the higher education sector facing unprecedented political scrutiny, there is mounting pressure for university governance to be more robust and effective. Have we…
On Thursday 30 January 2020, HEPI and Advance HE will be hosting the first in the new series of the 2020 HEPI / Advance HE breakfast seminars at the House of Commons. Although the turbulent political times that the UK is experiencing – along with significant global upheaval – can…
Past, Present, Future: The prevalence of the residential model in the UK Higher Education sector and implications for future policy. For many students, there are big advantages as they move away from home to enrol on what they perceive to be the best course for them, and, arguably, residential higher…
Past, Present, Future: The prevalence of the residential model in the UK Higher Education sector and implications for future policy For many students, there are big advantages as they move away from home to enrol on what they perceive to be the best course for them, and, arguably, residential higher…
At a time when academics specialising in education are paying an unprecedented amount of attention to ‘what works’ in the teaching of school children, there is – arguably – less attention paid to the question of how best to teach university undergraduates. This is especially topical given the way the…
Organised by HEPI, with the support of Oracle (a HEPI Partner) the roundtable will aim to provide a platform for senior colleagues in HE institutions across the UK to share ideas, strategies and best practices that are being used to address imbalances in diversity, equality and inclusion at all levels…
With social mobility at a standstill, universities are increasingly being seen as part of the problem and not the solution, with advantaged students still massively outnumbering disadvantaged students in the corridors of learning – especially in relation to the most selective institutions. Against this backdrop, the Office for Students is…