HEPI/Kortext AI survey shows explosive increase in the use of generative AI tools by students
HEPI and Kortext launch the Student Generative AI Survey 2025, showing striking increases in Generative AI usage among students.
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The UK’s longest serving vice-chancellor says ‘the real challenges are only now emerging’
In a new paper written for the Higher Education Policy Institute, Five Decades: One Lens – A view from the rear stalls, the longest serving university leader in the country, Dr John Cater, tells the story of Edge Hill University. Dr Cater reveals how his institution went from being a small teacher…
New HEPI report investigates whether the school and college curriculum prepares students for university
HEPI has published One Step Beyond: How the school and college curriculum in England can prepare young people for higher education by Josh Freeman. Based on a new survey of 1,105 university students conducted by Savanta, the report responds to the Curriculum and Assessment Review chaired by Professor Becky Francis by considering…
New HEPI report tells the inside story of the pro-Palestine encampments on UK campuses
The HEPI report provides an in-depth analysis of the 2024 student encampments protesting for Palestine, highlighting their motivations, challenges, and institutional responses.
Nick Hillman’s remarks to the HEPI / CDBU event on ‘Who Pays? Exploring Fairer Funding Models for Higher Education’
Entering into higher education policy by accident Like almost everyone else working in higher education policy, I fell into the area by accident. In the second half of 2007, I was invited to go and work as the Chief of Staff for the Shadow Cabinet member David Willetts. I had…
New HEPI polling shows Labour’s tuition fee rise made more palatable by maintenance support increase
Most students oppose the tuition fee increase, with views split by gender and age, but the maintenance support rise has softened overall opposition.
New report calls for better information and smarter regulation of students in transnational education
Transnational education by UK providers enhances global access, economic growth, and quality, but demands greater transparency and data insights.
HEPI report challenges whether Chinese students receive enough support from UK universities
UK universities must improve Chinese student integration through better support, targeted career services, and reducing ethnic clustering.
Average student rents in London overtake the maximum maintenance loan: The 2024 Accommodation Costs Survey
A new report from Unipol and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) reveals alarming trends in the London student accommodation market: The report, titled Priced Out? The Accommodation Costs Survey 2024: London Edition (HEPI Report 182) presents data from a wide range of universities and private providers, covering over 70,000 student…
Drivers of growth: Universities’ enhanced civic role at the heart of national prosperity (by Lloyds Banking Group and PwC)
This afternoon, in central Birmingham, Lloyds Banking Group and PwC will launch an important new report on the civic role of universities and the links with economic growth. The Foreword to the report has been written by HEPI Director Nick Hillman and is reproduced below. All our higher education institutions…