This speech looking back at the last 14 years of higher education policy and forward to what might come next was delivered yesterday by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman, to staff at the Open University. Introduction It is great to be back here at the Open University (OU). As I live…
On Independence Day in the United States (US), the Higher Education Policy Institute is publishing An overview of US higher education (HEPI Report 175) by Nicholas W. Hillman, a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education. The paper has been kindly sponsored by Richmond American University London. The paper discusses:…
HEPI is today publishing a new Election Briefing for candidates for the upcoming General Election and anyone with an interest in higher education issues. It covers the following seven topics: HEPI has also published a range of reports and blogs related to the General Election, including:
As part of a research project funded by the Nuffield Foundation, London Economics have undertaken a range of in-depth analyses on higher education fees and funding arrangements across the United Kingdom. The Higher Education Policy Institute is working with London Economics to publicise the results. Following our earlier analyses of…
Data for all 650 new constituencies can be downloaded here: Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, said: ‘Surprisingly little information about our country is available at a constituency level. This limits the quality of political debate because a general election is actually 650 smaller battles – one in every constituency. ‘So…
New research from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the National Union of Students (NUS) shows the potential impact of student voters in the 2024 general election. Based on data from the 2021 census, we identify the constituencies where the number of student voters is projected to be larger…
Responses from over 10,300 students point to an increasingly positive academic experience for undergraduates studying in the UK, but this is overshadowed by the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. Over 10,300 full-time undergraduates have responded to the Advance HE and HEPI Student Academic Experience Survey 2024. The findings reveal an…
The 2024 General Election is scheduled for Thursday 4th July. As the political parties release their manifestos, we will be analysing and discussing them here. Here we focus on the largest UK-wide parties – the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Reform, and the Green Party – and two national parties,…
England’s universities face serious financial challenges because there are pressures on three of their main income streams – a flat undergraduate fee cap, unsustainable research funding and pressures on international student recruitment. It is well-known that this is imposing tough choices on individual universities, but too little attention has been…
New HEPI report explores the experiences of trans and non-binary students throughout higher education The report by Josh Freeman, HEPI Policy Manager, and Rose Stephenson, HEPI Director of Policy and Advocacy, is the first of its kind in the UK and draws together new data to understand how trans and…