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  • Fair access revisited

    24 February 2009 by Sir Martin Harris, Professor Malcolm Grant, Professor Michael Driscoll

    Transcript of the main speeches from a HEPI seminar on fair access, held in the House of Commons on 24 February 2009.

  • Fair access revisited

    24 February 2009

    Few topics have raised as much heat recently as that of fair access.  If, in Sir David Watson’s words, there are two issues in relation to widening participation – the big question of increasing the participation of people from disadvantaged backgrounds; and the smaller question of which university they go…

  • Globalisation and higher education

    27 January 2009 by Professor Sir Drummond Bone, Professor Malcolm Gillies

    Transcript of the main speeches from a HEPI seminar on globalisation and higher education, held in the House of Commons on 27 January 2009.

  • Universities in a global context: how is globalisation affecting higher education?

    27 January 2009

    Higher education has always looked beyond national boundaries, but recently this internationalism has taken an entirely new aspect.  Universities are now big business, and many believe that there is a conflict between the cooperative ethos that previously characterised international relations in higher education, and the high degree of competitive behaviour…

  • Where the US goes today

    14 January 2009

    A paper by Professor Roger Brown of Liverpool Hope University looking at the current state of higher education in the United States, prospects for the future, and the lessons the UK might learn.

  • The Operation of the Market in Higher Education

    14 January 2009

    Video of the HEPI seminar on The Operation of the Market in Higher Education: Opportunities and Constraints, Experience and Ideology held at the British Academy on 14 January 2009.

  • The Operation of the Market in Higher Education

    14 January 2009 by Professor Roger Brown, Liverpool Hope University

    Professor Roger Brown’s presentation to a HEPI seminar on The Operation of the Market in Higher Education: Opportunities and Constraints, Experience and Ideology, held at the British Academy on 14 January 2009. Full version and summary version available.

  • The Operation of the Market in Higher Education

    14 January 2009 by Professor Nicholas Barr, LSE

    PDF summary of the slides from Professor Nicholas Barr’s presentation to a HEPI seminar on The Operation of the Market in Higher Education: Opportunities and Constraints, Experience and Ideology, held at the British Academy on 14 January 2009.

  • The Operation of the Market in Higher Education

    14 January 2009

    All over the world higher education is increasingly being provided on a ‘market’ basis, with more open market entry, fees increasingly approximating to costs, and increased information for students from league tables and the like.  Informed by a paper produced by Professor Roger Brown, following a study tour of the USA,…

  • Demand for Higher Education to 2029

    11 December 2008 by Nick Bailey and Bahram Bekhradnia

    This is the fifth report on demand for higher education that HEPI has published, updated each year in the light of the most recent information. Last year’s report extended the review beyond 2020, to 2029-30. This year’s report incorporates the most recent population projections from the Office of National Statistics…