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.

Why centralising admissions at Oxford and Cambridge would be ‘fairer for all’. A new report published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) calls for undergraduate admissions and access work…

Author
Charlotte Armstrong
Published
30 April 2026

New HEPI Policy Note calls for sustained and intensive outreach to tackle persistent higher education access gaps. It argues that sustained and intensive outreach programmes are among the most effective…

Author
Charlotte Gleed and Charlotte Armstrong
Published
26 March 2026

The latest results for the English Social Mobility Index, which is compiled by London South Bank University (LSBU) and published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), shows the University of…

Author
London South Bank University
Published
24 March 2026
Author
Louise Banahene MBE, Dr Owen Gower, Cassie Hugill and Professor Paul Wakeling
Published
27 April 2026
Author
Dr Farhana Ghaffar and Dr Rita Hordósy
Published
25 April 2026
Date
11 June 2026
Format
In-person
Admission
Open-to-all
Date
10 September 2025
Organiser(s)
HEPI and TechnologyOne
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all