This blog was kindly contributed by Nick Chambers, CEO, the Education and Employers charity. Research just published in the USA reinforces findings from recent UK studies about who children meet in their day to day lives and the impact this has on their aspirations, future study paths, and long-term career…
This blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech (@dianajbeech), Chief Executive Officer of London Higher – the representative body for over 40 universities and higher education colleges across London. Diana was previously the first Director of Policy and Advocacy at HEPI and served as Policy Advisor to the…
This blog was contributed by Janet Ilieva, Director and Founder of Education Insight and co-author of ‘Natural Partners: Building a comprehensive UK-India knowledge partnership’. The spotlight has rapidly turned to India, the second-largest sending country for globally mobile students and home to the world’s largest youthful population under the age…
In a new Debate Paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Richard Brabner, Director of the UPP Foundation, says universities and the Government should adopt the famous political idea of One Nation to reshape universities in England. Writing in a personal capacity, Brabner says criticism of recent higher education expansion…
In a new Debate Paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Richard Brabner, Director of the UPP Foundation, says universities and the Government should adopt the famous political idea of One Nation to reshape universities in England. Writing in a personal capacity, Brabner says criticism of recent higher education expansion…
This blog was contributed by Professor Ross Renton, the inaugural Principal of ARU Peterborough – a new university for the city. ARU Peterborough is being led by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, Peterborough City Council, and Anglia Ruskin University, and will open in September 2022. The post-pandemic mass return to…
This blog was contributed by Gary Attle, Partner and Head of Education & Governance for Mills & Reeve LLP. During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Office for Students as the regulator for higher education in England took steps to reduce the regulatory requirements which had to be met by registered…
Paul Woodgates is an independent adviser and non-executive director in the HE sector. Perhaps we always suspected that student debt would take its toll on graduates. But in their HEPI Report, Hidden Voices: Graduates’ Perspectives on the Student Loan System in England, Claire Callender and Ariane de Gayardon present a…
‘Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.’ This blog was contributed by John Claughton, Co-Founder of WoLLoW: The World of Languages and Languages of the World and Honorary Research Fellow in Classics Ancient History and Egyptology within the School of Arts Languages and cultures at…
This blog was contributed by David Woolley, Director of Student and Community Engagement at Nottingham Trent University. The Government has expressed its intention to refocus the entire Access and Participation regime. This should not be a surprise; there have long been questions over the impact of the significant sums spent…