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…
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…
At the end of 2013, George Osborne announced the end of student number caps. In future, universities will be free to recruit as many students as they want. But it remains unclear how the change will be implemented, how it will be paid for and what it will mean in…
In the latest edition of GMT, which is published by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU), there is a lengthy interview with the HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, touching on careers advice, the 2015 general election and the financial sustainability of the higher education system.
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…