Growth in UK’s postgraduate sector driven by overseas students
Major study of UK postgraduate landscape focuses on the dominant shifts in trends of postgraduate education since 2004.
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‘Postgraduate Education in the United Kingdom’ to be published 21 Jan
On 21st January, HEPI will publish "Postgraduate Education in the United Kingdom", an update to our 2004 report.
Oxford and Cambridge – how different are they?
This study looks at Oxford and Cambridge universities and considers the extent to which they are distinctive compared to the rest of the UK higher education sector. It looks at the nature of their undergraduate student bodies, the outcomes of their teaching, the extent and quality of the research done…
Proposals for the Research Excellence Framework – a critique
The UK higher education funding bodies have published their proposals for the design and conduct of the Research Excellence Framework (REF), which will replace the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) as the method by which research will be assessed for the purpose of the allocation of their research funds. This paper…
Research Funding and Assessment: The Future
PowerPoint presentations from HEPI’s Research Funding and Assessment conference held on 14 October 2009.
Research Funding and Assessment: The Future
For the past 3 years HEFCE has been considering replacement of the RAE with a new assessment process – the Research Excellence Framework (REF). This consideration is now coming to a conclusion with HEFCE’s publication in September of its definitive proposals. However, the assessment process does not stand in isolation…
Vouchers as a mechanism for funding higher education
There has been continuing interest in the use of vouchers as a mechanism for funding higher education institutions. In this report, HEPI analyses the pros and cons of vouchers, and looks at the implementation of voucher systems elsewhere in the world.
Male and female participation and progression in Higher Education
This report analyses the differences in the participation of men and women in higher education, and in their success when there. It shows that on virtually all measures women outperform men, and it discussses some of the possible causes for this and the implications. An annex to this report was published on…
The Academic Experience of Students in English Universities (2009 report)
This report follows HEPI’s two previous surveys of the academic experience of students in English universities, in 2006 and 2007, updating the results against the baseline established by the earlier surveys.
The academic experience of students in English universities 2009
Summary of the issues raised in the HEPI report The academic experience of students in English universities 2009, as presented by HEPI’s Director Bahram Bekhradnia at our “The student experience – what’s the deal?” conference on 6 May 2009.