The HEPI Blog aims to make brief, incisive contributions to the higher education policy landscape. It is circulated to our subscribers and published online. We welcome guest submissions, which should follow our Instructions for Blog Authors. Submissions should be sent to our Blog Editor, Josh Freeman, at [email protected].
This guest blog is kindly contributed by Dr Sal Jarvis, Pro Vice Chancellor, Education and Student Experience at the University of Hertfordshire. It is the start of a new academic year. As staff thoughts turn to course induction and as Students Unions plan Freshers’ events, new students are rolling up…
This blog was kindly contributed by Andrew Stumpff Morrison, author and lawyer who teaches at the law schools of the University of Michigan, University of Alabama, and Washington University in St. Louis. U.S. Democratic presidential candidates’ most-offered proposal for reducing the financial burdens of American higher education is to make community college free of charge. The next-most popular…
This blog by Srabani Sen OBE, Chief Executive and Founder of Full Colour originally appeared in HEPI report 120 The white elephant in the room: ideas for reducing racial inequalities in higher education There is a well-worn joke: ‘How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? One…
This blog by Sanchia Alasia, Equality and Diversity Manager at Brunel University, originally appeared in HEPI report 120 The white elephant in the room: ideas for reducing racial inequalities in higher education The position of diversity professionals within an organisation is one of the first challenges of managing diversity successfully.…
At the Labour Party Conference yesterday, John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: I can tell you today that the next Labour government will reduce the average full time working week to 32 hours within a decade. A shorter working week with no loss of pay. Predictions of…
This blog by Professor Margot Finn, President of the Royal Historical Society, originally appeared in HEPI report 120 The white elephant in the room: ideas for reducing racial inequalities in higher education. In October 2018, the Royal Historical Society published its first systematic assessment of Race, Ethnicity & Equality in…
This blog by Amatey Doku, Former Vice-President for Education at the National Union for Students, originally appeared in HEPI report 120 The white elephant in the room: ideas for reducing racial inequalities in higher education Over the last few years, the topic of institutional racism in higher education has been…
This blog by Professor Shân Wareing originally appeared in HEPI Report 120 The white elephant in the room: ideas for reducing racial inequalities in higher education. To put this section in the context of my background, I am a white employee of a UK university. In 2018, I led the…
This blog by Professor Kalwant Bhopal originally appeared in HEPI report 120 The white elephant in the room: ideas for reducing racial inequalities in higher education. The year 2019 marks 20 years since the publication of the Macpherson report (1999). The Macpherson report was published as a result of an inquiry on the tragic murder of…
This is a guest blog kindly contributed by Dr Ben Bleasdale, Policy & Advocacy Adviser at the Wellcome Trust As an independent research funder, Wellcome improves health by helping great ideas to thrive. But in an academic system where 22.5% of Biosciences Masters students come from black and minority ethnic…