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9 in 10 students expect to work during term time – new report shows paid jobs are now the norm. Nine in ten applicants now expect to work during term time while at…
A combination of demographic decline and predatory recruitment practices puts the entire English higher education sector at risk. This new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute…
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…
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…
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…
Fifteen years ago, in December 2010, students were rioting on the streets of London as the House of Commons voted to allow undergraduate tuition fees in England to rise…
New report reveals the hidden realities of student employment in UK higher education A landmark study exploring the growing prevalence and impact of paid work among students in…
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…
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…
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…
