In recent years, HEPI has produced over 20 reports a year. They are all available free of charge here on our website and all our longer reports are also available in hard copy from the HEPI office.
The version on the website should be regarded as the version of record.
Building on our 2024 AI Survey, we surveyed 1,041 full-time undergraduate students through Savanta about their use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools. In 2025, we find that the student use of AI has surged in the last year, with almost all students (92%) now using AI in some form,…
In a new paper written for the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), Five Decades: One Lens – A view from the rear stalls, the longest serving university leader in the country, Dr John Cater, tells the story of Edge Hill University. Dr Cater reveals how his institution went from being a small…
The school and college curriculum plays a crucial role in preparing students for higher education, but does it always leave them well equipped? This report, which has been kindly sponsored by the University of Chester, draws on fresh student polling and extensive research to show that, while most undergraduate students…
The HEPI report provides an in-depth analysis of the 2024 student encampments protesting for Palestine, highlighting their motivations, challenges, and institutional responses.
Transnational education by UK providers enhances global access, economic growth, and quality, but demands greater transparency and data insights.
UK universities must improve Chinese student integration through better support, targeted career services, and reducing ethnic clustering.
This new edition of the Accommodation Costs Survey looks at the costs for students of renting in London. The maximum maintenance loan is now less than the average rent for a purpose-built student room in London – even though the loan is meant to cover a full range of living…
The report “Evolution of Devolution” examines how higher education policy has diverged across the four nations of the United Kingdom—England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland—since the devolution of powers in 1999. Edited by Rose Stephenson, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Higher Education Policy Institute, the report provides a…
The Scottish Social Mobility Index reveals strong university access efforts but highlights retention challenges in advancing social mobility.
The English Social Mobility Index, which is compiled by London South Bank University (LSBU), has been published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) since 2021. The Index measures the social distance travelled by socio-economically disadvantaged graduates from each higher education institution in England as well as the proportion of…