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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
At 10am on Wednesday, 18 January 2023, HEPI and Kaplan will be hosting a free webinar to discuss the issues covered by today’s report and international students more generally. Sign up to attend at https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2022/12/21/hepi-kaplan-webinar-on-international-students-and-the-graduate-route-visa/. A new HEPI Policy Note reveals a lack of understanding among employers of the post-study working…