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  • 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…

    Author
    Nick Hillman OBE
    Published
    15 January 2026
  • 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…

    Author
    Nick Hillman
    Published
    18 December 2025
  • 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 UK higher…

    Author
    Professor Adrian Wright, Dr Mark Wilding, Mary Lawler and Martin Lowe
    Published
    20 November 2025
  • A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) highlights the significant yet underacknowledged impact of menstruation on students’ attendance, academic engagement and wellbeing in UK universities. Authored by…

    Author
    Rose Stephenson
    Published
    21 July 2025
  • 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 to a…

    Author
    Unite Students
    Published
    8 July 2025
  • The Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES) 2025, published today by Advance HE and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), reveals a dramatic rise in the proportion of full-time undergraduates undertaking paid…

    Author
    Jonathan Neves, Josh Freeman, Rose Stephenson and Anne Rowan
    Published
    12 June 2025
  • In a report to mark the end of his tenure as the Government’s Higher Education Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck has laid out his thoughts on the future of…

    Author
    Edward Peck, Ben McCarthy and Jenny Shaw
    Published
    29 May 2025
  • 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 have…

    Author
    Nicola Dandridge, Yi-Hsuan Ierene Huang, Valentina Perinetti Casoni and Richard Watermeyer
    Published
    2 April 2025
  • On 26 February, HEPI and Kortext will publish the Student Generative AI Survey 2025  by Josh Freeman, with a Foreword by Professor Janice Kay CBE. Based on a survey of…

    Author
    Josh Freeman
    Published
    26 February 2025
  • HEPI has published One Step Beyond: How the school and college curriculum in England can prepare young people for higher education by Josh Freeman. Based on a new survey of 1,105 university…

    Author
    Josh Freeman
    Published
    13 February 2025