On Thursday, 3rd September 2015, the Higher Education Policy Institute publishes Keeping up with the Germans?: A comparison of student funding, internationalisation and research in UK and German universities (HEPI Report 77). Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute and the author of the report, said: ‘People in England, Wales…
On this morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Lord Norton of Louth, a Conservative member of the House of Lords, noted that one of his former students, Kevin Shinkwin, had been included in the 2015 Dissolution Peerages list published yesterday. It triggered HEPI to undertake a quick analysis of the higher education of…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) in partnership with Pearson is launching a report on improving higher-level skills at an event in Parliament hosted by Shadow Skills Minister, John Woodcock MP. Raising productivity by improving higher technical education: Tackling the Level 4 and Level 5 conundrum is written by Dr…
A new survey commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) reveals that students believe they benefit in many ways from studying alongside people from other countries. But the benefits are clearer to international students and the survey suggests they also work harder than…
On Thursday, 4th June, the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Higher Education Academy launch the results of the 2015 Student Academic Experience Survey (Full report and Summary report) Nick Hillman, Director, HEPI, said: ‘The survey reveals more about what students at UK universities are up to than any other source. They are…
In a new HEPI pamphlet, The accounting and budgeting of student loans, Andrew McGettigan reveals how the treatment of student loans in the national and departmental accounts is driving policy. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has been wrestling with the multi-billion pound impact of student loans. It…
On Tuesday, 31st March, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) will launch a new report, Open Access: Is a National Licence the answer?, at a research conference held at the Royal Society. The paper calls for everyone in the UK to be given access to the latest academic research free…
Research is available on the economic benefits of international students, but less is known about the educational benefits. So HEPI and Kaplan used the YouthSight Applicant Omnibus Survey to ask those on the cusp of higher education what they think about the prospect of studying alongside students from abroad. The…
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,…