Reports

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…

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…

A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute, The Languages Crisis: Arresting decline by Megan Bowler (HEPI Report 192), sponsored by Duolingo, shows a big drop in formal language learning.

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…

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…

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…

For decades, pundits and politicians have been talking about a ‘swing to science’ – a shift of students in schools and universities from the study of humanities and social studies…

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…

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…