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Students’ improving academic experience overshadowed by cost-of-living crisis: HEPI / Advance HE 2023 Student Academic Experience Survey
22 June 2023 by Rose Stephenson
HEPI and Advance HE have jointly published the 2023 Student Academic Experience Survey. The Student Academic Experience Survey, provides the most comprehensive data on the academic experience of full-time undergraduates in UK institutions. It has become a firm feature of the higher education policy landscape, featuring regularly in ministerial speeches because…
How do Admissions Professionals use the UCAS personal statement?
15 June 2023
A survey of 113 higher education admissions professionals from over 30 higher education providers shows the average time spent reading a UCAS personal statement is two minutes. Four-in-ten (39%) are read for one minute or less. In How do Admissions Professionals use the UCAS personal statement? (HEPI Policy Note 48), Tom Fryer…
Lessons from Australia for the regulation of English higher education – by Anthony McClaran
8 June 2023 by Anthony McClaran
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new paper on the regulation of English higher education by Anthony McClaran, the Vice-Chancellor of St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and a former Chief Executive of both the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency and Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). Good Regulation:…
Gaps in outcomes among Free School Meal students in higher education
1 June 2023 by Professor Antony C. Moss
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new paper on educational outcomes across different universities for students formerly eligible for Free School Meals. The disconnect between quality and inequality: An analysis of the gaps in educational outcomes achieved by free school meal-eligible students in English higher education (HEPI Policy Note…
New report explores whether academics have better or worse working conditions than other professionals
25 May 2023 by Nick Hillman
The Higher Education Policy Institute is publishing a new report, Comparative Study of Higher Education Academic Staff Terms and Conditions, which was commissioned from SUMS Consulting (www.sums.org.uk). The paper benchmarks the pay and benefits of academics based on the various drivers of ‘Good Work’ defined by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and…
Renters (Reform) Bill and the impact on higher education
24 May 2023 by Rose Stephenson
The Renters (Reform) Bill has finally been published by the Government (on Wednesday, 17May 2023 – you can read the full text of the Bill here, and the Government’s press release here). Currently, student renting works differently to the rest of the private rented sector (PRS). Students who live away from home…
CALLING YEAR 12 & YEAR 13 STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS, PARENTS AND ADVISERS: Find out what going to higher education is really like
22 May 2023 by Nick Hillman
“Simply by watching this presentation, you’ll be better prepared than some people who apply to higher education.” Given the mountain of evidence HEPI is sitting upon, my son’s school recently asked me to speak to their Year 12 pupils about what I think people need to know before enrolling in…
International students boost UK economy by £41.9 billion
16 May 2023 by HEPI / Kaplan International Pathways / Universities UK International / London Economics
New data reveals that the intake of international students in the 2021/22 academic year contributed a huge £41.9 billion to the UK economy. A new report, The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK, published jointly by Universities UK International (UUKi), the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)…
Does the Lifelong Loan Entitlement meet its own objectives?
11 May 2023 by Rose Stephenson
The Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE) is part of the Government’s reforms to post-18 education and training. It will offer students a loan equivalent to four years’ worth of tuition fees (currently £37,000), which can be used flexibly over their working lives. This can be used to pay for short courses,…
New polling shows over eight-in-10 students expect to vote at the next general election, that nearly half of students support Labour – and 7% the Conservatives – but that students are split on what policies Labour should adopt on tuition fees and loans
2 May 2023 by Nick Hillman
The Higher Education Policy Institute has conducted the first detailed political polling of current full-time undergraduates. Key findings: 85% of full-time UK undergraduate students expect to vote at the next general election 89% of students say they are registered to vote and 64% of those students who are registered to…