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This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Paul Vincent Smith, Head of Student Support Services, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. You can find Paul on Twitter @Paul27326740 Many universities, including my own, now monitor student interaction with a virtual learning environment (VLE) and are able to produce analytic…
We are spoilt for choice when it comes to interesting new books on education policy at the moment, which is why HEPI’s blog has been running more book reviews than normal. One of the most thought-provoking is the new book by David Goodhart, the old Etonian son of one of…
This blog was kindly contributed by Ron Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London Institute of Education and Honorary Fellow of St Mary’s University. His latest sole-authored book is The Ecological University: A Feasible Utopia. This blog is based on the thoughts offered by Ron at a recent…
This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Rowena Pelik, who is now freelance with H.E. Quality Enhancement Services Ltd., after a career in the UK university sector and, most recently, with QAA. You can find Rowena on Twitter @RowenaP11 . Exploring the elements that contribute to international…
This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Matt Durnin, who is Global Head of Insights & Consultancy within the International Education Services at the British Council. Over the past six months, the British Council has run surveys to understand how COVID-19 impacts on international student enrolments in…
When asked to expound on the full impact of COVID on higher education, I am tempted to say – like the supposed comment about the French Revolution – that ‘It is too early to say.’ But that has not stopped others from guessing. If you Google it, you will find…
This blog has been kindly contributed by Sir Anthony Seldon, who was the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham from 2015 until last month and was previously head at Brighton College and then Wellington College. He is one of Britain’s leading contemporary historians, educationalists, commentators and political authors. Education is a…
This blog is an edited transcript from the launch of ‘Arriving at Thriving’, a new report into the experiences of disabled students in higher education written by Megan Hector, Senior Researcher at Policy Connect. On Wednesday 7 October, Policy Connect’s Higher Education Commission published the report for our inquiry into…
This blog was kindly contributed by Phoebe Campbell, a final year Classics undergraduate at the University of Cambridge. On August 13 2020, many students in England were left devastated after opening a set of A-Level results calculated by Ofqual’s controversial algorithm. Although implemented to push back on grade inflation, this…
This blog was kindly contributed by Jenny Shaw, Student Experience Director at Unite Students. Yesterday, Saturday 10th October, was World Mental Health Day. Unite Students worked with Student Minds on a #uniteagainstloneliness student-led campaign to mark the day. As the new academic year begins under the long shadow of COVID,…