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As student mental health and assessment needs rise, universities should adapt to address the growing challenges highlighted by the latest Applicant Index, particularly around inclusivity and the first-year experience.
In times of global conflict, fostering compassion in the classroom is essential to maintaining harmony and creating a respectful, inclusive environment that encourages empathy and mutual understanding among students.
At the Labour Party Conference, higher education was highlighted as essential for addressing economic growth, skills development, and widening participation, with a strong focus on funding, partnerships, and embracing AI in education.
University leadership, departmental support, strategic alliances, and research support offices are key in helping academics secure funding by providing guidance, networking opportunities, and resources for successful grant writing.
Pakistan and Nepal led demand for UK study visas in 2024.
A university education should do more than prepare students for jobs; it should cultivate broad intellectual and ethical development through a liberal arts education that enriches both the individual and society.
Like many others with an interest in higher education policy, HEPI Director Nick Hillman swung by Liverpool for a sojourn at the Labour Party Conference. His suitcase’s wheels have never been so clean. Here’s what he found. Each person’s journey through any political party conference is different. There are a…
The TNE Success Scorecard provides UK universities with a strategic framework to evaluate and improve Transnational Education initiatives, ensuring alignment with global goals and mitigating risks in internationalisation efforts.
To ensure sustainable research streams, university management should support research groups by fostering innovation, collaboration, leadership, and resilience while addressing key questions about research goals, methodologies, and visibility.
This article was kindly authored for HEPI by Louise Banahene, Director of Educational Engagement and Student Success at the University of Leeds. We’re all familiar with the importance of widening access to undergraduate study. We have regulation to ensure there is due attention and, where there are gaps, higher education…