Reports

Excessive risk-taking by higher education providers must be curtailed. With concerns mounting over the financial health of the English higher education sector, a new report from the Higher Education Policy…

Prepare for populism: Universities need to rebuild their legitimacy with all major parties and the public as they head into a tougher political era. In Preparing for Populism (HEPI Debate Paper 44),…

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and London Economics have published modelling on proposed reforms for higher education funding in Wales in the run up to the Senedd elections on…

Building Bridges: Maximising support for public investment in science and research. A new paper by research impact specialists at UCL, From investment to outcomes: Capabilities to deliver purposeful public investment in…

A new paper by Dr Katharine Hubbard, Making Metrics Matter: Tackling Racial Inequity in Higher Education (HEPI Debate Paper 43), argues progress towards racial equity in English higher education has been ‘notoriously…

In a new poll on a range of free speech issues, 35% of full-time undergraduate students say they Reform UK ‘should be banned from speaking at events held at higher…

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 to…

Bold action is needed to fix the NHS clinical placement crisis. A fundamental rethink of how the NHS trains its future workforce is urgently needed, according to a new paper…

Too many students studying full-time honours degrees at university are causing higher education to be ‘over-consumed’. A new Debate Paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute by Professor Tim Blackman…

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…