Funding and finance
HEPI provides independent evidence-based insight into how higher education is funded and sustained across the UK. HEPI’s research explores funding for students, institutions and research to support policy development and encourage debate across the sector.
Reports

The public hugely overestimate how many graduates regret going to university and significantly underestimate the importance of higher education to the UK economy, according to a new study into perceptions of the…

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…

The UK Government’s Restoring Control over the Immigration System white paper (May 2025) proposes a 6% levy on international students’ tuition fees to invest in ‘the higher education and skills…