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This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Julian Gravatt, Deputy Chief Executive (Policy, Curriculum and Funding) at the Association of Colleges. Julian argues a reclassification of universities by the Office for National Statistics is unlikely but, if it were to occur, could result in a suspended sentence in…

This blog was kindly contributed by Sarah Stevens, Director of Policy at the Russell Group (@RussellGroup).  Many would say that the UK higher education system dodged a bullet at the recent Autumn Statement, with the deferral of significant fiscal restraint until after the next election meaning no immediate shift to austerity-style…

Below is our annual round up of the most popular HEPI blogs from the past year. She may only blog for us occasionally, but HEPI Trustee Mary Curnock Cook bags the top spot – and not for the first time. She got to number 16 in 2021, reached number 9…

This guest post has been kindly written for HEPI by Colin McCaig, Professor of Higher Education Policy in the Sheffield Institute of Education, who has 20 years’ experience in education policy research.  The Labour Party is ahead in the polls and has been since December 2021. With little or no…

These remarks were made by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to yesterday’s Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) event marking the recent twenty-fifth anniversary of the Dearing report. My first point is about Lord Dearing himself because HEPI, which is an independent charitable think tank founded 20 years ago, had…

Thanks to the Conservative leadership contest, which comes to the end of its tortuous journey later today when the new Prime Minister is announced, there has been high interest in the next Prime Minister’s attitudes towards higher education. That’s generally welcome, but it has unhelpfully taken the spotlight off what the…

Alexis Brown is Director of Policy and Advocacy at HEPI. Another A levels results day has come and gone. Even before the results were in, it became clear that one of the abiding stories would be of international students edging out their domestic counterparts for places. Some even offered policy…

This guest blog has been kindly contributed by Jonathan Woodhead, Policy Adviser at Birkbeck, University of London. He writes here in his capacity as a member of the London Higher Policy Network – a group bringing together policy leads from over 40 London universities and higher education institutions. You can…