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Weekend Reading: From AI prohibition to integration – or why universities must pick up the pace

26 July 2025 by Mary Curnock Cook CBE, and Bess Brennan

Are universities super tankers, drifting slowly through the ocean while students are speedboats, zipping around them? That was one of the most arresting images from…

New Research Highlights the Power of Access Work — and the Tools We Need to Evaluate It

25 July 2025 by Dr Anna Anthony

It has never been more important for providers across the sector to show that access and participation activities have an impact. With resources stretched, we…

The Critical Role of University Leaders in Shaping Safer Cultures and Meeting OfS Condition E6 on Harassment and Sexual Misconduct

Harassment and sexual misconduct have no place on our university campuses, nor in wider society. Yet, both continue to be pervasive. The Office for National…

Dilemmas of research

23 July 2025 by Chris Husbands and Janice Kay

Most discussion about the crisis in higher education finances has focused on fee income: how undergraduate fee income has lagged inflation for too long, and…

Bridging the Gap: How Smart Technology Can Align University Programmes with Real-World Skills

22 July 2025 by Pete Moss

‘Pouvez-vous s’il vous plaît me dire où se trouve la gare?’ – this is the extent that a colleague of mine can remember from his…

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New HEPI report reveals the hidden impact of menstrual cycles on students’ education

21 July 2025 by Rose Stephenson

A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) highlights the significant yet underacknowledged impact of menstruation on students’ attendance, academic engagement and wellbeing…

Reflections on the demand for higher education – and what UCAS data reveal ahead of Results Day 2025

17 July 2025 by Maggie Smart

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Maggie Smart, UCAS Director of Data and Analysis As we pass the 30 June deadline for this year’s…

Unite Students Applicant Index shows student wellbeing surpasses pre-pandemic levels for the first time

Today, Unite Students is launching the 2025 edition of its Applicant Index in partnership with HEPI. Student wellbeing has surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first…

What the next generation of entrepreneurial university leaders need to know

The higher education sector is navigating one of the most challenging periods in its history, marked by financial uncertainty, rapid technological transformation, demographic shifts and…

Thank you

This note is by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman. I’m over the moon and completely surprised to have had my work in higher education policy since…

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