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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…
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…
City St George’s: HEPI report sets out practical insights and recommendations from a landmark university merger. A new HEPI report, ‘We believe this is the way to do it’: Exploring the…
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…
