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  • New report suggests PhD students work 50% more than undergraduates

    25 June 2020

    The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has published a new report on the experience of PhD students – people who are studying for doctoral degrees. PhD Life: The UK student experience by Bethan Cornell uses previously unpublished data from Nature and the Wellcome Trust to uncover the reality of life as a PhD…

  • Response to the announcement on fees and loans for EU students in England from 2021

    23 June 2020

    Responding to today’s announcement on tuition fees and loans for EU students in England from 2021/22, Nick Hillman, the Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), said: Today’s announcement will be seen as bad news inside universities. To date, EU students have benefited from lower fees and access to…

  • Response to the new Graduate Outcomes statistics published by HESA

    18 June 2020

    Responding to the new Graduate Outcomes statistics published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, Rachel Hewitt, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy, said: Today’s new Graduate Outcomes statistics show the importance of having a rich and contextual picture of the graduate labour market, beyond just graduate salaries. Fifteen months after…

  • New report suggests further falls in the wellbeing of university staff

    30 April 2020

    The Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) is publishing a new report on the mental health and wellbeing of academic and professional services staff in universities. Pressure Vessels II: An update on mental health among higher education staff in the UK (HEPI Policy Note 23) by Dr Liz Morrish, a Visiting…

  • New report asks whether the UK still has a single higher education sector

    16 April 2020

    The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has used evidence from nearly 60,000 full-time undergraduate students across the UK to answer the question of whether there is still a single UK higher education sector. One for all or all four one? Does the UK still have a single higher education sector? by…