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A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute examines how student governors frequently feel marginalised in institutional oversight, and offers actionable reforms to ensure legitimacy, inclusion and real influence.
New research suggests there is strong backing for a university governance Code that addresses power imbalances and over-financialisation. This is the first of two reports that HEPI is publishing on university governance…
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…
A new collection of essays, AI and the Future of Universities (HEPI Report 193) edited by Dr Giles Carden and Josh Freeman, brings together leading voices from universities, industry and policy. The…
The higher education sector is navigating one of the most challenging periods in its history, marked by financial uncertainty, rapid technological transformation, demographic shifts and rising public and political scrutiny.
A new HEPI Policy Note, Who leads our universities? Inside the recruitment of vice-chancellors, by Tessa Harrison (GatenbySanderson) and Josh Freeman (HEPI), examines the career backgrounds of 153 university vice-chancellors.
In a new paper written for the Higher Education Policy Institute, Five Decades: One Lens – A view from the rear stalls, the longest serving university leader in the country, Dr John…
The HEPI report provides an in-depth analysis of the 2024 student encampments protesting for Palestine, highlighting their motivations, challenges, and institutional responses.
The ‘third space’ describes a group of university staff who can neither be described as academic nor non-academic professional staff. In the context of research, several roles clearly fit into…
A new report, Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Early-Career Black Academics, led by Dr Becca Franssen and published today by GatenbySanderson, the Society of Black…