We are delighted to be publishing HEPI’s Annual Review for 2023/24. This document recounts HEPI’s policy work over the previous academic year, including a record number of pieces of research and a record number of events, leading to record levels of engagement. We are, as always, very grateful for the financial support…
This speech was delivered by Nick Hillman (HEPI’s Director) in a personal capacity in his role as a Council Member at the University of Buckingham. Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to speak at this important event. Our overarching theme today is ‘Educating the Educators’. I have spent most…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) today publishes Undergraduate fees revisited (HEPI Debate Paper 39). The author Tim Leunig, who is a former Chief Analyst at the Department for Education and Visiting Professor at the LSE, argues for 10 changes: This fiscally neutral package means: Students would repay more per month. Although…
As the new Westminster Government shines a light on growth as well as devolution, it is time to ask what contribution can be made by regional groupings of universities.
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a report calling for a fundamental re-evaluation of the way universities are run in the UK. Down with the World-Class University: How our business models damage universal higher education (HEPI Debate Paper 38) argues good growth, and an era of universal higher education, can be…
The ‘third space’ describes a group of university staff who can neither be described as academic nor non-academic professional staff. In the context of research, several roles clearly fit into the third space, including: A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), The characteristics and career pathways of…
A new report, Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Early-Career Black Academics, led by Dr Becca Franssen and published today by GatenbySanderson, the Society of Black Academics (SBA) and HEPI, explores the experiences of Black Early-Career Academics (ECAs). Based on the results of a survey with…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and GW4 (an alliance of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter universities) have jointly published a report entitled Who cares? How postgraduate parents fall through the gap for government childcare grants, and how to fix it. The report shines a light on the unacknowledged gap…
Applicants to higher education are more confident about their job prospects after graduating than at any time since the pandemic, according to new research. The Unite Students Applicant Index, produced in partnership with the Higher Education Policy Institute, is an annual survey that asks students about their lives before they attend higher…
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…