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].
Regrettably, concerns about the mounting stress levels experienced by staff working in higher education is not new. The report, ‘Pressure point: a survey, into the causes and consequences of occupational stress in UK academic and related staff.’ by Gail Kinman (1998), identified work overload, long working hours as the results…
This is a guest blog from Professor Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford and Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education What are the implications of the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding (the Augar report) for equal access in UK higher education and…
Today’s new Student Academic Experience Survey 2019 from HEPI and Advance HE includes a new question on disclosing mental health challenges to students’ parents and guardians. Here is a summary of the issue. What do your results show? The HEPI / Advance HE 2019 Student Academic Survey Survey shows nearly all…
A guest blog kindly contributed by Johnny Rich, CEO of the outreach organisation Push At the start of the Augar Review, the panel set out their eight guiding principles. Number four is: “The cost of post-18 education should be shared between taxpayers, employers and learners.” I agree, but, it seems,…
This is a guest blog kindly posted by Nick Isles, author and consultant. It took its time but finally the Augar Review has landed. And for the Further Education (FE) sector there is much to celebrate. The review is clear. Enough is enough. No more Cinderella sector. If the UK…
HEPI and Lloyds Bank recently brought together a range of vice-chancellors, board chairs, finance directors and other sector leaders to discuss the financial challenges facing universities. The backdrop was the recent publication of the Augar review and the enormous current political uncertainty. One theme that shone through was the need…
This play review was kindly contributed by Shakira Martin, NUS President. I went recently to see the play Admissions, by Joshua Harmon at the Trafalgar Studio in London. Colleagues in the sector had told me how relevant and thought provoking it was, especially in the current times where access and…
This guest post has been kindly written for HEPI by Tom Sperlinger, who is Professor of Literature and Engaged Pedagogy at the University of Bristol and co-author of Who are universities for? I have never cheered out loud when reading a review of higher education funding before. But I did…
It would be a great pity if the bulk of the Augar review were to be rejected as a result of criticism of its headline recommendations on student fees, or completely lost in the general hubbub generated by the Conservative leadership race. While the concern expressed in the report about…
This is a guest blog kindly contributed by Dan Holloway in response to HEPI’s recent research on well-being. Dan sits on the Oxford University Disability Advisory Group and has been an adviser to the financial sector on debt, mental health, and financial inclusion for more than a decade. He gave the…