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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…
Small, specialist and practice-based universities are vital to competition and innovation in higher education
27 April 2023 by Edward Venning
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published the first holistic picture of small and special-focus universities in Size is Everything: What small, specialist and practice-based providers tell us about the higher education sector (HEPI Report 160). This makes the case for major policy, structural and regulatory changes to increase competition, innovation and…
Humanities education is a UK strength: New report shows it is a mistake to set up a Humanities vs STEM contest
30 March 2023
A new report published today by the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Russell Group’s Pro-Vice-Chancellors / Deans of Arts and Humanities Network shows Humanities subjects are playing a major role in education and the workplace. The main findings from the report, The Humanities in the UK Today: What’s Going On? (HEPI…
How to turn around a university: Lessons from personal experience
16 March 2023 by Professor Susan Lea
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new report by Professor Susan Lea, the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, entitled Turning Around a University: Lessons from personal experience (HEPI Debate Paper 32, attached). Changes to the UK higher education landscape since 2010 coupled with a range of internal challenges…
London students are more satisfied with their experience than those elsewhere in England
9 March 2023
A new report published by HEPI and London Higher, Living and Learning in London: What the HEPI / Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey tells us about life in the capital (HEPI Report 158),shows students in London are more likely than those in all other English regions to say their experience has…
Unleash the levelling up potential of universities by attracting foreign investment into UK innovation
7 March 2023
Universities to leverage global connections to help drive local growth Blueprint for government to work with sector to address long-term decline in UK inward investment and spark growth in new innovation clusters outside Golden Triangle Target the top 200 research and development (R&D) investors in the world, report tells Government…
Where do we go from here? Quality assurance in English higher education
16 February 2023 by Andrew M Boggs
After March 2023, the UK-wide Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) will stop being the Designated Quality Body for English higher education, as the QAA wants to avoid losing its registration with the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR). A new paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Where do we…
Two-thirds of the public in England want the reintroduction of maintenance grants for the poorest students – but only 10% think students should be prioritised for help with the cost of living
2 February 2023 by HEPI and UPP Foundation
Two-thirds of the public in England support the reintroduction of maintenance grants for the poorest students, but only one-in-ten of the public (10%) think students should be prioritised for help with the cost of living: New polling from the UPP Foundation and the Higher Education Policy Institute finds strong support…
How to talk to policymakers about research
19 January 2023
HEPI and Taylor & Francis are hosting a (free) webinar on making research more accessible at 10am on Tuesday, 31 January 2023 – for further details and information on how to book a place, see here. HEPI and Elsevier are hosting an in-person conference on ‘UK Research Looking Forward’ in central…
Accessing higher education when some people don’t want you to go: HEPI Speech to the Sixth Form Colleges Association Winter Conference
18 January 2023 by Nick Hillman
Speech to the Sixth Form Colleges Association Winter Conference by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, delivered on Wednesday 18 January 2023. This speech considers: Introduction It is great to be here. Thank you for inviting me. I am a fan of the sixth-form college sector in part because, personally, I think it…