On the Guardian’s Higher Education Network today, Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, argues that New Zealand may have lessons for the UK (especially England) and also Australia on the thorny issue of how to recover the student loans of former students who have moved abroad.
As ever, HEPI is providing useful and stimulating food for thought as the sector and others grapple with certain recurring issues.In particular, we agree that the UK’s obsession with hierarchy limits the understanding of many people that excellence exists across the higher education sector. We all need to do more to challenge this…
In the first HEPI Occasional Paper of 2014, ‘Only Connect’: Is there still a higher education sector?, Professor Sir David Watson calls for a new approach in three areas: 1. quality assurance: he coruscates “Successive UK governments’ privileging of the private over the public sector” and highlights “a blind spot:…
At last night’s Prospect Think Tank of the Year Awards, sponsored by Shell and the Institute of Directors, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) triumphed in the ‘One to Watch’ category. The judges particularly recognised the strength of HEPI’s work on the cost of student loans and on the quality of students’ academic…
Today’s Guardian includes a piece by the HEPI Director looking at the impact of student loans on election results. The argument is that, while they may not make much difference to the election result in 2015, they could do so in 2030. The final paragraph gives a flavour of the…
As SW1 prepares for an expected ministerial reshuffle, it is a timely moment to consider the landscape of Whitehall alongside the personalities that reside there. In the latest edition of Insight, a new magazine published by the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference, the Director of HEPI, Nick Hillman, considers where responsibility for higher education…
As reported in today’s Daily Telegraph, the Higher Education Policy Institute has conducted a small survey among Conservative candidates in place to fight the 2015 general election (excluding sitting MPs). The survey shows: 78% of Conservative candidates think international students should be excluded from any target for reducing migration 69% of Conservative candidates think the UK…
The Higher Education Policy Institute and the Higher Education Academy have today jointly published the findings of the 2014 Student Academy Experience Survey. Nick Hillman, the Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said: “This survey poses vital questions for universities, students and Government. It shows the workload of undergraduates…
Writers with strong opinions on what Scottish independence might mean for higher education are invited to enter the Higher Education Policy Institute / Times Higher Education Scottish independence essay-writing competition. Essays do not need to cover all the consequences of independence for higher education and may focus on a single angle. Prizes: The best…
As the Australian Education Minister, Christopher Pyne, touches down in the UK on a fact-finding trip, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) publishes two new comparisons of the English and Australian higher education systems: A summary report: A comparison of student loans in England and Australia by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI…