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This blog was kindly contributed by five co-authors: Renata Albuquerque, Widening participation Manager (Languages & Communities), SOAS, London Sam Dunnett, Head of Widening Participation, University of Sussex Annette Hayton, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Education, University of BathColin McCaig, Professor of Higher Education at Sheffield Hallam University Anna Mountford-Zimdars, Professor…

This blog was written by current HEPI intern and KCL Physics PhD student Bethan Cornell. Bethan has written on the blog before on a range of postgraduate topics covering accommodation and climate change. In normal circumstances, universities rely on the help of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) for the smooth running…

This blog was kindly contributed by Jane Cahill, Head of English at an inner-city London school. She is a former Debate Mate Programme Director and Teach First ambassador. Higher education providers are facing unprecedented admissions challenges as a result of exam cancellations. Currently, more advantaged students are six times more…

This blog was kindly contributed by Padmore Adusei Amoah, Research Assistant Professor, and Professor Ka Ho Mok, Chair Professor, both of Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Covid-19 Pandemic and International Education Internationalisation of education is facing unprecedented challenges when the world is presently confronted with the Covid-19 pandemic. Well before the…

This guest blog was kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech, Head of Government Affairs at the University of Warwick and former Policy Adviser to the last three Ministers of State for Universities and Science. She was also HEPI’s first Director of Policy and Advocacy. Bring back Brexit! Yes, you read…

The Student Academic Experience Survey, this year authored by Jonathan Neves (Advance HE) and Rachel Hewitt (HEPI), is such a rich resource that it may feel hard to know where to start. So here are ten points that stood out for me that I think are particularly worth exploring further.…

This guest blog has been kindly written for us by Paul Humphreys, Founder and CEO at StudentCrowd and a Member of the Higher Education Commission. HEPI readers will be painfully aware of the myriad of issues facing university decision makers that require their immediate attention. Whether it’s implementing their safety…

The latest polling of students arrives this morning from Unite Students. A rapid survey of 1,000 people, students and parents, undertaken last month, it tells us some interesting things about what people expect in the midst of the pandemic. Overall, the results are positive for the higher education sector. The…

This blog was kindly contributed by David Woolley, Director of Student and Community Engagement at Nottingham Trent University & Anand Shukla, the outgoing Chief Executive of Brightside, a social mobility charity. Gains in recent years in access and participation risk being swept away by Covid-19. A clear-headed response on where…

This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Mark Corver, Founder of dataHE. Preview: Moving now with a bold offer of a free postgraduate year, plus underwriting accommodation risks, for students would build confidence and could save the sector billions against the alternatives. Customers and suppliers do not always see things…