HEPI

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With the major challenges facing UK higher education at present, it is perhaps hardly surprising that many in the sector are concentrating on the short term. Here and now The UK higher education sector is, arguably, facing some of the biggest challenges it has for generations.

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HEPI

APRIL 25, 2025

The concept of shared services in higher education is far from novel. These factors still hinder collaboration in higher education, as confirmed by the recent Jisc/KPMG report. The post Charting a Collaborative Course for Higher Education appeared first on HEPI. Quit talking and start doing.

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HEPI

JANUARY 20, 2025

The business model of English higher education is broken. We are not sure that this simple fact is sufficiently understood by all stakeholders in higher education. Costs increased, and to cover these, more income was required, which led to even higher international fees and more foreign students.

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HEPI

APRIL 7, 2025

Spurred on by the huge response to the TV series Adolescence, Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education, has this week called for more male teachers to act as role models for disaffected boys. Yet, while the idea of male teachers as role models is an alluring one, the plan is deeply flawed.

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HEPI

MAY 18, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Peter Ainsworth, the author of Setting Universities Free: How to deliver a sustainable student funding system (2022) Picture the 1930s economic slump, absent Keynes’s challenge to prevailing thought.

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HEPI

JANUARY 24, 2025

Generative AI is revolutionising industries, with education at the forefront of this transformation. Traditional models of knowledge acquisition are being challenged as AI redefines how we access and process information. This shift aligns with a move toward more personalised, socially focused, and mentorship-driven education models.

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ACPA

MARCH 20, 2025

This Black feminist framework seeped into the higher education space with the creation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and expansion of Black student enrollment (Sturdivant, 2024). This blog post calls Student Affairs professionals to action to value Other Mothers and reflect on their purpose.

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SRHE

APRIL 2, 2025

by Lei Fang and Xue Zhou This blog is based on our recent publication: Zhou, X, Fang, L, & Rajaram, K (2025) Exploring the digital divide among students of diverse demographic backgrounds: a survey of UK undergraduates Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching , 8(1). lei.fang@qmul.ac.uk xue.zhou@le.ac.uk

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MARCH 26, 2025

As an education marketer, ask yourself: how can you create an experience that ensures students feel supported and motivated to stay the course? Promoting a Flexible and Inclusive Learning Environment Flexibility is key to student retention in higher education , particularly for non-traditional students balancing work, family, and school.

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HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2025

Climate hypocrisy in Higher Education The climate crisis and global attempts at strengthening the sustainable and low-carbon transition is arguably the most critical issue we face and there is clear evidence to show strong Higher Education (HE) support for this twin approach.

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Liaison International

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an integral part of decision-making processes across various sectors, including higher education. The Integration of AI in Higher Education Admissions Successfully integrating AI into the admissions process requires a strategic focus on three key pillars: skill set, technology, and data.

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HEPI

APRIL 12, 2025

In this weekend long read, he discusses the history of marketisation in higher education and considers whether applicants have enough information to make informed judgements about where and what they study. Some 40% of undergraduate students might have chosen a different route, although only 6% would not have entered higher education.

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HEPI

MAY 11, 2024

This chapter was authored by Chloe Field, Vice President Higher Education at the National Union of Students. Higher education is not just broken right now: it is heading into an existential crisis. We previously published a chapter by David Willetts , Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014.

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HEPI

JANUARY 26, 2025

It wasnt so long ago that universities across the UK were rallying to preserve the graduate visa route, a vital lifeline for international students and higher education. UELs Global Employability Model At the University of East London (UEL), this principle is central to our mission.

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MindMax

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This blog post was written based on a conversation between Lee Maxey and Paul LeBlanc , author of Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education. This small but significant change reflects a larger commitment to making education more accessible and removing obstacles that can stand in the way of success.

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MindMax

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This blog post was written based on a conversation between Lee Maxey and Caleb Simmons , Executive Director of Online Education at the University of Arizona. For Dr. Simmons, who built his career within the conventional model, this has required a significant adjustment in thinking. “It Watch the full conversation here.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Reading Time: 8 minutes Data analytics has become the cornerstone of effective decision-making across industries, including higher education marketing. But what does data analytics mean in the context of higher education marketing, and how can you apply it to achieve tangible results?

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MindMax

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Note: This piece is part four of a multi-part blog series on alternative pathways in higher education. If you haven’t already read the first three pieces, you can find them here: Alternative Pathways in Higher Ed: Setting the Stage PLAs: How Many Credits Do You Get for Living? baked into standard 4-degree programs).

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The demand for graduates in Wales is not decreasing – the UK Department for Education projects that the nation will need 402,825 graduates to fill roles by 2035. So why has there been such a sudden drop in Welsh 18-year-olds engaging with higher education? As the UCAS research notes, this could suggest there is a supply issue.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By comparison to other international higher education sectors, especially the US , and despite media headlines , UK vice-chancellors are poorly paid. Brexit has made UK higher education a less desirable destination for senior leaders. Reasons are manifold. One is remunerative.

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HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Colin Riordan, Secretary General and Chief Executive Professor of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). Through PEBL we partnered with universities in East and West Africa to deliver online and blended learning, helping to meet demand for higher education.

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HEPI

APRIL 15, 2025

Higher education has always played a critical role in skills development, from professional fields like Medicine, Dentistry, and Engineering to more recent models such as degree apprenticeships. With the new higher education reform expected in Summer 2025, the sector faces a pivotal moment.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

After demonstrating that none of the responses available to universities look like they might work, I suggested that the moment when a more comprehensive rethink of how we fund higher education might be worth the risk was fast approaching. Since July the contours of the 2023 admissions cycle have become clear.

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HEPI

JANUARY 18, 2025

These are the remarks by Alison Payne, Research Director at Reform Scotland, at the HEPI / CDBU event on funding higher education, held at Birkbeck, University of London, on Thursday of this week. Financial Woes The higher education sector in Scotland, as with elsewhere in the UK, is not in great financial health.

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The PIE News

MARCH 6, 2025

Yet, the cost of recruiting these students has skyrocketed raising serious questions about the financial sustainability of the current model. In 2012, I wrote in a PIE Blog that if we continued on this trajectory,international office directors would do themselves out of jobsas recruitment costs ate into margins.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By Matt Riddle, Principal and Director of Learning Experiences, Curio The higher education sector is undergoing a technological revolution, with AI tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Midjourney leading the charge. Some have pointed out this is a chance to rethink higher education assessment.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

By Mohammed Bashiru and Professor Cai Yonghong Introduction The idea of institutional autonomy in higher education institutions (HEIs) naturally comes up when discussing academic freedom. How does institutional autonomy influence academic freedom in higher education institutions in Ghana?

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HEPI

JANUARY 29, 2025

Since then, they have taken the higher education sector by storm. Their growth has been the key factor in the expansion of higher apprenticeships from 43,800 starts in 2015/16 to 273,700 in 2023/24, a rise from 4.8% to 35% of all apprenticeships. To find out more about Edge and to read the report in full , visit www.edge.co.uk

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic. Yet, in my courses, the blended learning model made it possible for students to make up any classes they missed within the same week and stay on track.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Ahead of a House of Lords debate on the topic of lifelong learning later this week , today’s blog features two posts on the topic. By excluding this level of study, the ambitions of the Government will not be as great as they could be, and it is a huge, missed opportunity for higher education and this is why.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Innovating Together: 6 Essential Episodes for Higher Education Leaders Elana Thu, 12/12/2024 - 06:25 Image Blog Post Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom Its been another great year for the University Innovation Alliance (UIA), and were happy to share our top six episodes from the Innovating Together Podcast.

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Academe Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Most importantly, shared governance, once a staple of higher learning, is becoming a relic of the past. ETERNO Faculty at many universities are experiencing frustration.

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HEPI

JANUARY 31, 2025

This blog responding to the Government’s new ‘crack down on rogue higher education operators ‘ has been kindly written for HEPI by the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University, Professor Nick Braisby. Please email admin@hepi.ac.uk if you are interested.

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HEPI

JANUARY 31, 2024

The logic of fees Whether we like it or not, there is one higher education issue that tends to bestride all the others at general elections, and that is tuition fees. Moreover, higher education finance is a devolved matter. In many ways, that is an odd fact.

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HEPI

MARCH 13, 2025

Ronald Barnett is( www.ronaldbarnett.co.uk ), Emeritus Professor of Higher Education at the Institute of Education and President of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society. Chris Husbands latest HEPI blog is fine so far as it goes but, I suggest, it goes neither wide enough nor deep enough.

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Liaison International

JANUARY 2, 2025

For todays higher education institutions, attracting the right students is more important than reaching a high volume of applicants. Traditional enrollment models that rely on casting a wide net and filtering through broad pools of applicants are no longer enough. The result?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2025

A staggering one-third of the American population reports having no confidence in higher education. Higher Education Attainment Goals: Lumina’s Strategic Legacy Lumina’s new 2040 goal builds on more than a decade of work to increase postsecondary attainment. The consequence?

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