The Labour Party have (finally) announced what their policy on student funding will be for the 2015 general election. The headlines are: a reduction in the full-time undergraduate tuition fee cap in 2016 for home and EU students, from £9,000 to £6,000 an increase in maintenance support for students from…
On Thursday, 26th February 2015, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) will publish Whose to Lose?: Citizens, institutions and the ownership of higher education funding in a devolved UK. It covers all four parts of the UK, with a particular focus on Wales, and is written by Lucy Hunter Blackburn,…
On Thursday, 5th February 2015, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is publishing its first book. ‘What do I get?’ Ten essays on student fees, student engagement and student choice includes contributions from: older universities – the University of Leicester, the University of Sheffield and the University of East Anglia; newer universities…
In response to the Autumn Statement, Nick Hillman, the Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said: ‘The new postgraduate loans deserve two-and-a-half cheers, which is as good as it gets in austere times. Postgraduate support was unfinished business from the 2012 university funding reforms and the new scheme is…
HEPI published a detailed study on the electoral power of full-time students, Do students swing elections? Registration, turnout and voting behaviour among full-time students, on the morning of 1st December 2014 – the deadline for the first electoral roll under Individual Electoral Registration. Based on new analysis by Professor Stephen…
Below is the full text of the 2014 Hepi Annual Lecture by Professor Paul Wellings, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong, which was delivered at Australia House on the evening of Wednesday, 26th November 2014. A full version of the lecture with some supporting slides is available in pdf format here. Ladies and Gentleman, It…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) today publishes a new report entitled Jisc: a hidden advantage for higher education, written by the Chief Executive of Jisc, Martyn Harrow, with a Foreword by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI. The report highlights the £200 million annual savings from the current shared infrastructure…
The Director of HEPI, Nick Hillman, has an article published today on the Guardian’s Higher Education Network website about Liam Byrne’s claim that the Coalition Government are subverting the Haldane Principle. One of the arguments in the piece is that the approach of David Willetts (science minister until July) and Liam…
HEPI publishes A guide to the removal of student number controls The latest report from the Higher Education Policy Institute, A guide to the removal of student number controls by Nick Hillman, is published on 18th September 2014. In December last year, universities were caught by surprise when George Osborne announced…
Earlier this year, we launched an essay-writing competition on the likely impact of Scottish independence on higher education, with prizes available for the best essay on each side. We are very grateful to everyone who entered and today’s Times Higher publishes the two winning entries. Here on the HEPI website, we are…