HEPI Report (51) Higher Education Supply and Demand to 2020 has been published today (Thursday 3 February 2011). This report is the most recent in a series HEPI has produced looking at the question of demand for higher education.
This is the sixth report on demand for higher education that HEPI has published, updated each year in the light of the most recent information. The previous report considered the extent of latent demand from under-represented groups – particularly males and disadvantaged social groups, as well as regional variations. It also showed…
The past ten years have been years of plenty for the HE sector – that much is clear with hindsight – but with the public finances now strictly controlled and universities challenged to develop new sources of funding, what does the future hold for the sector in this new age…
Higher Education Policy Institute publishes analysis of the Government's concessions relating to the future financing of higher education and student fees.
Papers and presentations from HEPI’s conference “Research excellence: competition or collaboration in today’s globalised HE sector”, which took place in London on 2 December 2010. Speakers were: Professor Adrian Smith, Director-General at BIS Nick Fowler, Director of Strategy, Elsevier Professor Andrew Hamilton, V-C, University of Oxford Professor Malcolm Grant, Provost,…
Today, higher education is a global market with more institutions than ever before competing internationally for students, academics and funding. In the area of research, the opportunities (and risks) created by this new global economy in higher education are now perhaps greater than ever before with the rise of Asia’s…
The key attraction for companies thinking about joining the HEPI Partnership Programme is access to HEPI’s “intellectual capital”, specifically privileged access to the thought leaders in HEPI’s network and an opportunity to contribute to HEPI’s developing research agenda in order to develop their own “marketable intelligence”. HEPI’s biannual Policy Roundtable dinners offer…
The government has recently announced its policy intentions towards higher education and student finance, in response to the Browne Review’s recommendations. In this report we first provide a summary of the differences between the Browne Review and the government’s proposals. We then look at whether these proposals meet the two…
HEPI analysis published today (11 November 2010) provides a summary of the differences between the Browne Review and the government's proposals; considers whether these proposals meet the two main objectives of reducing public expenditure and improving university teaching by increasing student choice; and examines the claim that the repayment scheme…
The Independent Review of Higher Education and Student Finance, by Lord Browne, was published earlier this week. This report is HEPI’s response to the proposals. A new version of the report was uploaded on 19 October 2010.