Nick Hillman, HEPI’s Director, takes a look at three thought-provoking books covering education that were published this year. All must have prizes – Mania by Lionel Shriver The novel Mania by Lionel Shriver imagines a world in which twenty-first century US life came to be the opposite of a meritocracy. Words like ‘dumb’ and…
This afternoon, in central Birmingham, Lloyds Banking Group and PwC will launch an important new report on the civic role of universities and the links with economic growth. The Foreword to the report has been written by HEPI Director Nick Hillman and is reproduced below. All our higher education institutions…
This week, HEPI is marking the 25th anniversary of devolution. Here, HEPI Director Nick Hillman asks if the advantages have been overcooked when it comes to higher education. ***Tomorrow, HEPI will be hosting a webinar on the LSBU / HEPI Social Mobility Index and, on 10 December we will be…
Foreword Within higher education, there is much discourse around assessment. Central tenants to this conversation are those of assessment of learning, assessment for learning, and assessment as learning. Assessment of learning is clear, we utilise assessments to determine the students have mastered the content being assessed. Assessment for learning is…
Today’s blog is in the form of the contribution by HEPI’s Director, Nick Hillman, to ‘Triumph like a Girl – An Anthology for Hope: Letters and Poems’, which is a new book marking the 150th anniversary of the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA), which hosted their Annual Conference in Manchester earlier this week. The…
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There is considerable speculation about the financial difficulties facing universities, with 40% of higher education institutions thought to be in deficit in 2023/24. One or even a small handful of institutions could soon be insolvent. Despite this, there was no new support contained in the recent Budget. In response to…
Nick Hillman, HEPI’s Director, takes a look at the new book ‘Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite’ by Aaron Reeves (Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Oxford) and Sam Friedman (Professor of Sociology at the LSE). As the last book I…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published the results of its eighth annual Soft-Power Index. The Index measures the number of senior serving world leaders – defined as monarchs, presidents and prime ministers – educated at a higher level in countries other than their own. This year’s results show: When the Index began in 2017, higher level institutions…
We are delighted to be publishing HEPI’s Annual Review for 2023/24. This document recounts HEPI’s policy work over the previous academic year, including a record number of pieces of research and a record number of events, leading to record levels of engagement. We are, as always, very grateful for the financial support…