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Universities are fighting a lively campaign collectively and individually in favour of the UK remaining part of the European Union. They have come in for a little criticism as a result from some, but many Vice Chancellors – as Michael Arthur of UCL has pointed out – regard it as…
We have worked closely with, Megan Dunn, the outgoing President of the National Union of Students (NUS), who is a great advocate for students. But today’s media is full of stories resulting from the election of a new President, Malia Bouattia. The banner headline across the front page of The…
This blog post on the new research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on graduate earnings first appeared on 13th April 2016 on HE from Research Professional. Waiting for the results of the most detailed ever study into the earnings of UK graduates, which has been published today by the Institute for…
Ian Menter, Emeritus Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Oxford and Vice-President of the British Educational Research Association, has written a furious blog post condemning the Department for Education of misusing his research, which went live earlier today. On page 29 of the recent white paper on, it says: ‘We know that when…
HEPI is a registered charity, regulated by the Charity Commission. It does not take a position on the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. Instead, it exists to promote healthy debate on issues associated with higher education. In relation to the referendum, this has so far included: commissioning a…
At the time of the 2014 referendum on independence for Scotland, HEPI and the Times Higher jointly ran an essay-writing competition looking at the potential impact on higher education. The winning entries were by Hugh Pennington, Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen, and Thomas Swann, a PhD candidate…
Our latest guest blog has been kindly contributed by Fiona Ross, Director of Research at the Leadership Foundation, who has a part-time Chair at Kingston University and St George’s, University of London, where she was formerly Dean of the Joint Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education. I was excited to see…
This guest blog, responding to HEPI’s newest publication (Designing a Teaching Excellence Framework: Lessons from other sectors by Louisa Darian) has been kindly contributed by Douglas Blackstock, Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Last week the Executive Director of the Finnish quality agency told a meeting in Glasgow…
This morning, HEPI and the HEA jointly hosted a seminar at the House of Commons on the forthcoming referendum on the United Kingdom’s place in the European Union and what it means for higher education, with platform speeches from Professor Anton Muscatelli (Vice Chancellor of the University of Glasgow), Professor…
In 2015, HEPI and YouthSight polled students on their views about the UK’s place in the EU and the forthcoming referendum. We published the results in a paper originally issued last November. We found overwhelming support among students for the UK to remain within the EU, although some of this…