The higher education sector is still reeling from claims in January by the Sunday Times that some Russell Group institutions admit international students, who often pay much higher fees than home students, with lower grade requirements. Despite swift rebuttals by the Russell Group and Universities UK, the issue remains a…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) today publishes an important new report, Cracks in our foundations: Evaluating foundation years as a tool for access and success (HEPI Report 170), by HEPI Policy Manager Josh Freeman. Foundation years are an additional year of study at the beginning of a higher education…
The Higher Education Policy Institute and the British Academy have jointly published a set of essays entitled The lives of early career researchers (HEPI Report 169) written by early career researchers that highlight their experiences and offer solutions to the challenges they face. The 11 chapters cover issues including ‘The PhD Parenting…
The Higher Education Policy Institute and Buckinghamshire New University are today publishing a HEPI Debate Paper on the benefits and challenges of franchise provision in higher education, along with proposals that would lead to greater levels of assurance as to the quality and management of franchise provision within UK higher…
In a new paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Student Accommodation: The State of the Nation in 2024 (HEPI Policy Note 52), Martin Blakey, the former Chief Executive of the Leeds-based student housing charity Unipol, explains the changes in the student accommodation market that have led to higher rents. Following…
As part of a research project funded by the Nuffield Foundation ahead of the next general election, London Economics have undertaken a range of in-depth analyses in relation to higher education fees and funding arrangements across the four parts of the United Kingdom. The Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) is…
In a new HEPI Policy Note, Provide or punish? Students’ views on generative AI in higher education (HEPI Policy Note 51 – see it also on the Kortext website) by Josh Freeman, HEPI and Kortext explore students’ attitudes to new generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard. Since ChatGPT…
A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) sheds light on the inadequacies in the UK’s efforts to ‘level up’ research and innovation across regions, drawing comparisons with Germany and the United States. Regional research capacity: what role in levelling up? (HEPI Report 168) is authored by Jonathan Adams,…
The Higher Education Policy Institute is today publishing a case study on the University of Northampton’s Waterside relocation, written by the Vice-Chancellor who led the transformation and two of his senior colleagues. In University of Northampton: Waterside Story (HEPI Debate Paper 35), Nick Petford, Robert Griggs and Terry Neville OBE: The Report…
On Wednesday, 10 January 2024, HEPI and Advance HE will be hosting a webinar on tertiary education from 10am to 11.15am – for more details, click here. Thank you all for coming to hear my talk about Tertiary Education for the 21st Century. I confess that as I have prepared for…