Higher Education Policy Institute
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The UK's only think tank dedicated to higher education.
New Post: WEEKEND READING: AI, skills and the UKās growth challenge: why higher education is now mission-critical
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/03/01/w...
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: Rethinking quality assurance in transnational higher education: why graduate employability now matters
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/28/w...
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New Post: Student working lives: the case for student-focused regional employment charters
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/27/s...
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New Post: Tackling the contradictions
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/26/t...
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New Post: New HEPI and London Economics Report: āAssessing potential manifesto commitments on higher education funding in Walesā
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/26/n...
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New Post: Road testing the new TEF data dashboard
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/25/r...
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New Post: How to: assess candidates for executive and non executive roles in universities: assess what needs assessing
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/25/h...
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New Post: The key contribution of effective financial support in student retention
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/24/t...
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New Post: Student finance: student loans arenāt broken ā they protect inherited advantage
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/24/s...
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New Post: What is the future for student accommodation?
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/23/w...
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: Prioritising quality is the only way to grow transnational education safely
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/22/w...
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: Should universities build or buy their online education capability?
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/21/w...
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New Post: Whatās the real political problem with higher education funding?
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/20/w...
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New Post: āCancel cultureā is older than we think
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/19/c...
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New Post: New HEPI Policy Note: From investment to outcomes: Capabilities to deliver purposeful public investment in research
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/19/n...
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New Post: How to: make sure your job description and person specification articulate what you actually need
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/18/h...
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New Post: Beyond the thesis: how PhD training is changing ā and where it still needs to improve
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/17/b...
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New Post: Beyond admissions: rethinking access through stability, support and partnership
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/16/b...
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Tom Richmond
14 days ago
"everyone is unhappy but there is no consensus on what the problem is" Agreed. And anyone who proposes their 'solution' without a clear articulation of the trade-offs that their solution will bring is really not helping matters.
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: Reconfiguring UK research collaborations in the post-Brexit era
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/15/w...
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New Post: If everyone hates todayās student loans, where are the big alternative ideas?
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/14/i...
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: International students deserve the same strategic care as widening participation students
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/14/w...
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New Post: Realising the educational potential of mass higher education
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/13/r...
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Higher Education Policy Institute
The Institute for Fiscal Studies
17 days ago
NEW PODCAST: Are Plan 2 student loans 'unfair'?
@helenmiller.bsky.social
, Kate Ogden and
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's Nick Hillman examine how the student loan system works in practice: who repays what, how this has changed and what it all means for graduates. š§ Listen here:
ifs.org.uk/articles/are...
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Nick Hillman
16 days ago
This is one of the most interesting, fun (and important?) things Iāve done in my 12 years at HEPI. Please do take a listen.
ifs.org.uk/articles/are...
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Are Plan 2 student loans 'unfair'? | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Student loans now top Ā£50k for many graduates. We explain how repayments work, who pays most, and whether the system is 'unfair'.
https://ifs.org.uk/articles/are-plan-2-student-loans-unfair
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New Post: Who is stifling whose free speech here?
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/13/w...
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New Post: New HEPI +City St Georgeās Report: āWe believe this is the way to do itā: Exploring the City St Georgeās merger
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/12/n...
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New Post: Britainās warehouses are already high-tech ā but skills policy hasnāt caught up
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/12/b...
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New Post: How to: recruit non executives who genuinely strengthen your institution
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/11/h...
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At our webinar on collaboration and mergers, Sir Jon Coles of @UnitedLearning compares multi-academy trusts to the idea of multi-university trusts:
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Colleagues from City St Georgeās take a look at how to facilitate collaboration across the higher education sector at our webinar that is currently underway:
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New Post: International education works only if student experience comes first
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/10/i...
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New Post: What did the three wise men, Ron DEARING, John BROWNE & Philip AUGAR, say about student loan interest?
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/09/p...
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New Post: How did skills take over higher education? One short history
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/09/h...
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: Parliamentās latest debate on duty of care: what problem are we really trying to solve?
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/08/w...
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Higher Education Policy Institute
Academy of Social Sciences
24 days ago
A new report from
@hepi-news.bsky.social
argues for a more ambitious approach to tackling racial inequity in higher education, contributing to an important debate on embedding inclusivity in HE communities. Find out moreā”ļø
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Making Metrics Matter: A more ambitious approach to tackling racial inequity in higher education - HEPI
A new paper by Dr Katharine Hubbard,Ā Making Metrics Matter: Tackling Racial Inequity in Higher EducationĀ (HEPI Debate Paper 43), argues progress towards racial equity in English higher education hasā¦
https://www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/making-metrics-matter-a-more-ambitious-approach-to-tackling-racial-inequity-in-higher-education/
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: Fiscal drag or fiscal sense? Freezing student loan repayment thresholds
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/07/w...
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New Post: What generative AI reveals about assessment reform in higher education
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/06/w...
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New Post: Student work is here to stay: how universities can respond effectively
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/05/s...
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New Post: New HEPI Debate Paper: āMaking Metrics Matter: A more ambitious approach to tackling racial inequality in higher educationā
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/05/n...
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New Post: How to: work with executive search: insights from inside the process
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/04/h...
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Higher Education Policy Institute
Chris Havergal
27 days ago
Just 12 per cent of public aware of Lifelong Learning Entitlement a year off launch, finds
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survey
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/just-12...
via
@twilliamsthe.bsky.social
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Just 12 per cent of public aware of LLE a year off launch
New polling finds policy intended to foster lifelong learning and re-skilling in England still suffering from very low levels ofĀ engagement
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/just-12-cent-public-aware-lle-year-launch
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New Post: There are three ways to tackle the student loan crisis: one is unwise, one is unaffordable and one is unpalatable. All are unfair.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/02/t...
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New Post: An ambitious International Education Strategy
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/03/e...
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New Post: There are three ways to tackle the student loan crisis: one is unwise, one is unaffordable and one is unpalatable. All are unfair.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/02/t...
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New Post: One year until the lifelong learning entitlement kicks in ā how should institutions prepare?
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/02/i...
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A recording of our webinar on studentsā employment is now available here:
www.hepi.ac.uk/events/webin...
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Webinar: Student Working Lives - HEPI
Overview **A recording of the webinar is available below** HEPI is hosting a webinar on Thursday 29 January from 1.30pm to 2.30pm to explore the findings of Student Working Lives (HEPI Report 195), a ...
https://www.hepi.ac.uk/events/webinar-student-working-lives/
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: One year until the lifelong learning entitlement kicks in ā yet only 12% of adults know it is coming
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/01/w...
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: Fraud risk and the failure to prevent fraud offence: what UK higher education institutions need to consider
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/31/w...
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New Post: Six steps to data strategy transformation
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/30/s...
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