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  • How should universities support staff during the pandemic?

    18 October 2022 by Rasha Kassem

    This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Rasha Kassem, research project team lead for ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Staff in UK Higher Education – A Comparative Analysis across the Four UK Nations’ at the Open University. See Rasha’s previous HEPI blog, ‘How did COVID-19 impact staff in UK higher education?’ Undeniably, the…

  • New research study: Flexible working arrangements and presenteeism in UK higher education during and post-COVID

    14 October 2022 by Fotios Mitsakis

    This blog was written by Dr Fotios Mitsakis, Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent Business School. Fotios is the PI of ‘Flexible working arrangements and presenteeism in the UK Higher Education Sector during and post the COVID-19 Pandemic’, a collaborative project between Nottingham Business School – Nottingham Trent University, Strathclyde Business School – University…

  • Universities rose to the challenge during COVID: where’s the public recognition?

    13 April 2022 by John Cater

    This blog was contributed by Dr John Cater, Vice-Chancellor of Edge Hill University. Two years ago, every night at 5pm, we were listening to a prevaricating Prime Minister flanked by the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientific Officer. And every morning, at every university, the senior team tried to…

  • Review of Sonita Gale’s documentary, ‘Hostile’ (selected UK cinemas, January to June 2022)

    4 April 2022 by Lucy Haire

    This blog was written by Lucy Haire, Director of Partnerships at HEPI. Sonita Gale’s new documentary, Hostile, is currently touring selected UK cinemas, with some viewings including a question-and-answer session with Gale and Sonali Naik QC, who supports migrants fighting deportation. Hostile narrates the stories of a Windrush migrant; a younger couple who…

  • How the Pandemic Will Shape University Leaders and Their Institutions

    28 February 2022 by James Ransom

    This blog was contributed by James Ransom, Head of Research at NCEE and a doctoral candidate at UCL Institute of Education. In a new report on entrepreneurial leadership, to be released on 15 March 2022 by the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE), one survey respondent stated: Some just want…

  • Reflections on Learning and Teaching during COVID

    12 March 2021 by Brett Koenig

    This blog was kindly contributed by Brett Koenig, Senior Lecturer in Law at De Montfort University. The use of learning technology as an attempt to supplement traditional teaching methods has been on the rise in higher education for the last decade and has been in existence for centuries. Technological developments…

  • Dear Mr Williamson and Mr Zahawi…

    11 March 2021 by Giles Carden & Lawrence Young

    Today’s blog is an open letter to the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson, and the Minister for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment, Nadhim Zahawi, written by Giles Carden, the Chief of Staff at Lancaster University, and Lawrence Young, a Virologist and Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Warwick. Dear…