Access and participation

The blogs, reports and events below provide detailed analysis of higher education access and participation policy in the UK; from the educational underachievement of boys to social mobility indicies, to the future of student demand.

A new report from HEPI, TechnologyOne and the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University shows how much first-year students need for a minimum socially acceptable standard of living…

Author
Katherine Hill, Matt Padley and Josh Freeman
Published
12 August 2025

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 time, according to a…

Author
Unite Students
Published
8 July 2025

New research reveals undergraduates and graduates overwhelmingly believe in the importance of getting a degree, but a high proportion say – with the benefit of hindsight – they would have…

Author
Nicola Dandridge, Yi-Hsuan Ierene Huang, Valentina Perinetti Casoni and Richard Watermeyer
Published
2 April 2025
Date
12 August 2025
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all
Date
9 September 2025
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
In-person, Online
Admission
Open-to-all
Date
10 September 2025
Organiser(s)
HEPI and TechnologyOne
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all