The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new paper on student non-continuation rates. ‘Dropouts or stopouts or comebackers or potential completers?’: Non-continuation of students in the UK (HEPI Policy Note 53) by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, finds: The report includes the following policy recommendations for reducing non-continuation further: The author…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) today publishes a new report entitled How Should Undergraduate Degrees be Funded? – a compendium of essays edited by Rose Stephenson, Director of Policy and Advocacy at HEPI. The report explores a range of potential funding models for undergraduate education, against a backdrop of…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a collection of essays on educational technology, edited by Mary Curnock Cook CBE. Technology Foundations for 21st Century Higher Education (HEPI Report 172), sponsored by LearningMate, brings together leading voices to explain how technology can improve higher education. The authors’ insights include: In…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has released a comprehensive report, Show me the money – an exploration of the gender pay gap in higher education (HEPI Report 171), authored by HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy, Rose Stephenson. The report, supported by Durham University, delves into the persistent pay…
The higher education sector is still reeling from claims in January by the Sunday Times that some Russell Group institutions admit international students, who often pay much higher fees than home students, with lower grade requirements. Despite swift rebuttals by the Russell Group and Universities UK, the issue remains a…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) today publishes an important new report, Cracks in our foundations: Evaluating foundation years as a tool for access and success (HEPI Report 170), by HEPI Policy Manager Josh Freeman. Foundation years are an additional year of study at the beginning of a higher education…
The Higher Education Policy Institute and the British Academy have jointly published a set of essays entitled The lives of early career researchers (HEPI Report 169) written by early career researchers that highlight their experiences and offer solutions to the challenges they face. The 11 chapters cover issues including ‘The PhD Parenting…
The Higher Education Policy Institute and Buckinghamshire New University are today publishing a HEPI Debate Paper on the benefits and challenges of franchise provision in higher education, along with proposals that would lead to greater levels of assurance as to the quality and management of franchise provision within UK higher…
In a new paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Student Accommodation: The State of the Nation in 2024 (HEPI Policy Note 52), Martin Blakey, the former Chief Executive of the Leeds-based student housing charity Unipol, explains the changes in the student accommodation market that have led to higher rents. Following…
As part of a research project funded by the Nuffield Foundation ahead of the next general election, London Economics have undertaken a range of in-depth analyses in relation to higher education fees and funding arrangements across the four parts of the United Kingdom. The Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) is…