This blog was contributed by Mia Liyanage, the author of our HEPI Debate Paper 23, Miseducation: decolonising curricula, culture and pedagogy in UK universities. Mia is Race Equality Charter Officer at Goldsmiths, University of London and an Associate at Advance HE. She is a decolonisation advocate, freelance EDI practitioner and the…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Paul M. Marshall, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Careers & Enterprise), University of East London. The argument that improved access to cutting-edge research could provide improved policymaking seems self-evident, but I would suggest the reality is slightly more complex. John Willinsky, in his 2006 book, The Access Principle: The Case…
Gabriel Roberts is a secondary school teacher in London. He is the author of HEPI Report 141, The Humanities in Modern Britain: Challenges and Opportunities. A-Level results will be published next week, on 18 August, and there may a few surprises in store. The first thing to note is that grades…
This blog was kindly contributed by the Pearson School Qualifications team. Pearson are on Twitter @PearsonSchools, Facebook @PearsonUKSchools and LinkedIn @PearsonUK. As this academic year draws to a close, it feels like the right time to reflect on what we as an education community have experienced and our hopes for the future. Our recent Pearson School…
This blog was kindly contributed by Fabienne Vailes. An educational expert with almost 25 years of experience in the sector, Fabienne is on a mission to change the face of education, embedding wellbeing into the curriculum to create an environment where both students and staff flourish and develop the mental agility and resilience…
This book review was contributed by Edward Venning, a consultant on social risk in education and the creative industries. Edward formerly worked at UAL as Director of Communication & External Affairs and held roles at Southbank Centre and in Whitehall. The Establishment is having a rough old time in the…
This blog was kindly contributed by Sarah Chaytor, Director of Research Strategy & Policy at UCL. Sarah’s blog is based on her opening remarks at the recent HEPI / Taylor & Francis roundtable dinner on open access and policymaking held at the British Academy. At the recent HEPI / Taylor and Francis roundtable…
This blog was kindly provided by Dawn Edge, Banji Adewumi, Fran Guratsky and Tahira Majothi at the University of Manchester. July marked the start of a 12-month countdown to the University of Manchester’s next Race Equality Charter (REC) submission. The REC provides a framework for engagement, critical self-assessment, transparency and action planning…
Kerith Esterhuizen is a mature PhD student at the University of Winchester. Kerith’s doctoral thesis explores transformative employability pedagogy in a higher education institution. At 49 years old, ‘early-career researcher’ is not a label I immediately connected to and possibly still don’t fully identify with. It did, however, succeed in getting me…
This blog was written by Richard F. Heller, Emeritus Professor at the Universities of Manchester, UK and Newcastle, Australia. The rate of completing higher education varies greatly between countries. The largest disparities in access to higher education are between the Global North and the Global South, with sub-Saharan Africa at only one quarter of the global…