In recent years, HEPI has produced around 20 reports a year. They are all available free of charge here on our website and are generally also available in hard copy from the HEPI office. (The version on the website should be regarded as the version of record.)
England’s higher education funding system has been reformed many times, leading to a system based on high fees and loans. Undergraduate tuition fees for full-time students were introduced in 1998 and rose to £3,000 a year in 2006, increasing further to £9,000 in 2021. Through a series of in-depth interviews,…
Policymakers from across the political spectrum are committed to reducing regional inequalities and spending more on research and development. But there is a lack of detail as well as no consensus on how to deliver on these two priorities. There is also some confusion over how R&D policy and regional…
The UK has a long track record in successfully recruiting international students, who typically go on to have successful careers. This report considers the careers and employability support they receive using the findings from specially commissioned qualitative and quantitative research conducted among current and recent international students in the UK.…
This short Annual Review provides further detail on HEPI’s performance in 2020/21, reflecting our continued commitment to transparency on our work.
Universities can help level up by boosting earnings, transforming towns and delivering vocational and technical education. They fulfil the aspirations of many young people. In this paper, David Willetts explores how to boost participation in higher education while cutting public spending. He argues it is reasonable to expect graduates to…
In this report, Gabriel Roberts looks at the current challenges facing the humanities. The author analyses the humanities’ performance in three different areas – student enrolment, graduate employment and funding – and explores how any challenges might be overcome.
New analysis shows that just one year’s intake of incoming international students is worth £28.8 billion to the UK economy. The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK economy, published by Universities UK International (UUKi) and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), with research from London…
What is the student voice? 13 essays on how to listen to students and how to act on what they say edited by Michael Natzler, HEPI’s Policy Officer, is a new collection of essays which provides a range of views on what and where the student voice resides and how…
Drawing on wide-ranging and robust polling data Student Relationships, Sex and Sexual Health Survey explores the personal lives of students with an eye to improving support for students in higher education. Topics covered range from experiences of Relationship and Sex Education at school to confidence in navigating consent when alcohol…