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  • Listen to students on their own terms

    25 August 2021 by Ben Vulliamy

    This blog was kindly contributed by Ben Vulliamy, Chief Executive of the University of York Students’ Union. Ben is on Twitter @bvulliamy When reading through the recently published set of essays produced by HEPI under the headline of When and how universities and policymakers should listen to students, I found…

  • The future of exams: two fundamental principles that must be honoured

    24 August 2021 by Dennis Sherwood

    This blog is by Dennis Sherwood who has been writing about the unreliability of grades for HEPI for many years. You can follow Dennis on Twitter @noookophile. Grade inflation strikes again Now that this year’s school exam results have been declared, attention is focusing on what will happen in summer…

  • Mature students: a silent or silenced voice?

    21 August 2021 by Cath Brown

    This week we have been running, in partnership with FE News, a selection of chapters from our recently released report, ‘What is the student voice? Thirteen essays on how to listen to students and how to act on what they say‘, edited by HEPI’s Policy Officer, Michael Natzler. Today’s piece is…

  • The importance of the NUS for representing the voices of students

    20 August 2021 by Aaron Porter

    This week we are, in partnership with FE News, running a selection of chapters from our recently released report, ‘What is the student voice? Thirteen essays on how to listen to students and how to act on what they say‘, edited by HEPI’s Policy Officer, Michael Natzler. Today’s piece is by…

  • Disabled students: the experts we forget we need

    17 August 2021 by Rensa Gaunt

    This week we will be running a selection of chapters from our recently released report, ‘What is the student voice? Thirteen essays on how to listen to students and how to act on what they say‘ edited by Michael Natzler, HEPI Policy Officer. Today’s piece is by Rensa Gaunt, Former…

  • What do students think and how do universities find out?

    16 August 2021 by Graham Galbraith

    This week we will be running a selection of chapters from our recently released report, ‘What is the student voice? Thirteen essays on how to listen to students and how to act on what they say‘ edited by Michael Natzler, HEPI Policy Officer. Today’s piece is by Graham Galbraith, Vice-Chancellor…

  • Harnessing the power of university-sponsored Multi Academy Trust partnerships

    13 August 2021

    This blog was written by: Professor Debra Humphris, Chair of University Alliance and Vice-Chancellor, University of Brighton; Dr John Smith, Chief Executive of Brighton Academies Trust; Ian Dunn, Provost, Coventry University; and Uly Lyons, Chief Executive of the Better Futures Multi Academy Trust.  In a speech to the school sector in April…

  • A-Levels 2021: A recap

    12 August 2021 by Michael Natzler

    This blog was written by Michael Natzler, HEPI’s Policy Officer. Michael’s Twitter is @Michael_Natzler. A record number of students will be starting higher education in a few weeks. There will be more new students than last year, reflecting the increase in the number of 18 year-olds in the population and…