General Election Briefing 2024
This Briefing is for candidates standing in the 2024 General Election and anyone with an interest in higher education policy. It covers the following seven topics:
Publications
In recent years, HEPI has produced over 20 reports a year. They are all available free of charge here on our website and all our longer reports are also available in hard copy from the HEPI office.
The version on the website should be regarded as the version of record.
Where will students hold the balance of power in the 2024 General Election?
This report by HEPI and the National Union of Students, authored by Josh Freeman, uses data from the 2021 census to model the potential impact of student voters in the 2024 General Election. It finds that students hold the balance of power in 50 constituencies which are expected to be…
Student Academic Experience Survey 2024
This year’s HEPI / Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES), authored by Jonathan Neves, Josh Freeman, Rose Stephenson and Dr Peny Sotiropoulou, is the 18th edition of this longstanding publication. It explores, in depth, the experiences of full-time undergraduate students. The SAES has become a firm feature of the higher…
Four futures: Shaping the future of higher education in England
Former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Chris Husbands responds to the financial and policy challenges facing the English higher education by sketching out four different plausible futures: Scenario 1: The evolution of the present Scenario 2: Delivering the 2010 vision Scenario 3: A place-based tertiary system Scenario 4: A differentiated system All…
Trans and non-binary student experiences in UK higher education
This report explores the experiences of trans and non-binary students across UK higher education. It compiles new and existing data, alongside interviews with students and academics, to outline the journey from application, through study, to post-graduation. It highlights the unique combination of challenges trans and non-binary students face, including lower…
A Minimum Income Standard for Students
The Minimum Income Standard (MIS) is an approach developed by the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University to determine how much money different groups in the population need to have for a minimum acceptable standard of living. This Report, published by HEPI and TechnologyOne in partnership…
The Exchequer benefits and costs associated with the Graduate Route visa
On 12 March 2024, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) was commissioned by the Home Office to conduct a rapid review of the Graduate Route visa, to be concluded swiftly by 14 May 2024. In response to the Home Office, the Chair of the MAC, Professor Brian Bell, noted: ‘the timescales for…
‘Dropouts or stopouts or comebackers or potential completers?’: Non-continuation of students in the UK
How should undergraduate degrees be funded? A collection of essays.
This collection of essays, edited by Rose Stephenson, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Higher Education Policy Institute, delves into the challenges of financing higher education. From Chloe Field’s critique of marketisation to Jo Johnson’s model of differentiated fees, the collection navigates several funding scenarios. London Economics provide an…
Technology Foundations for Twenty-First Century Higher Education
This collection of essays, edited by Mary Curnock Cook CBE and sponsored by LearningMate, brings together leading Edtech voices to explain how technology is already improving higher education and how much more it could potentially do to transform the student experience for the better.