Shaping Policy, Enhancing Higher Education

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is the UK’s leading independent think tank for higher education. HEPI hosts events and publishes research, analysis and commentary to inform policy, support debate and shape the future of higher education.

Latest from HEPI

As my social media feed has recently filled up with parents posting pictures of children returning to school for the new academic year, as the autumn party conference season…

Author
Nick Hillman OBE
Published
4 September 2026

New HEPI paper calls for a partnership accountability framework to protect students and standards. A new HEPI Policy Note by Vicki Stott, A partnership accountability framework for a more…

Author
Vicki Stott
Published
6 August 2026

English universities face ‘unstable hybrid’ future as funding model collapses faster than predicted, warns new report. English higher education is heading into a future nobody planned, according to…

Author
Professor Sir Chris Husbands
Published
23 July 2026
Date
16 September 2026
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Admission
Invitation only
Date
28 September 2026
Organiser(s)
HEPI
Format
In-person
Admission
Open-to-all