HEPI

JUNE 6, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Mary Synge , academic author and charity law specialist. On the website of nearly every university, you will find an explanation that the institution is a charity. And why are universities not generally talked about as charities, in the same way as, say, Oxfam or Macmillan Cancer Support?

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Higher Ed Data Stories

JANUARY 13, 2024

The view defaults to the University of Michigan, but don't cheat yourself: Us the filter at top left to pick any other school. If you've read this blog before, you know why Penn State is showing strange data. This view starts with the University of Montana, but the control lets you change that.

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HEPI

APRIL 7, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President at TechnologyOne UK. UK universities enjoy world-leading status, but the sector is not without its challenges. There is no doubt that digital transformation is key to maximising the expertise of academic staff, by reducing their administrative burden.

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HEPI

MAY 20, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Vincenzo Raimo. Vincenzo is an independent international higher education consultant and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Reading where he was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

UCAS data show that in 2024, the number of 18-year-olds from Wales applying to university was the lowest in the UK. of 18-year-olds in England had applied for university by the end of June deadline, only 33.8% The percentage of 18-year-olds who applied to university from Wales reached a record high of 38.1% While 41.9%

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Academe Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

BY HANK REICHMAN As a Columbia alum (College ’69), participant in that university’s 1968 student rebellion, advocate for academic freedom and free expression rights, and as a Jew, I have followed developments at Columbia over the past few days with great interest.

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HEPI

APRIL 20, 2024

This chapter was authored by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014 and author of A University Education (2017). Our universities face a funding crisis. So, the first thing universities need to do is to be as transparent as possible about the costs they face.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The recruitment of university leaders, or more specifically vice-chancellors and their equivalent, is an opaque process. Yet championing academics as university leaders assumes that university leaders persist with their academic identities. Reasons are manifold. One is remunerative.

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HEPI

JUNE 13, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Zeki Turedi , Chief Technology Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at CrowdStrike. UK universities have been a consistent target of choice by cyber-attackers in recent years. The post Cyber threat actors are targeting UK universities. Are security teams prepared?

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HEPI

MAY 24, 2023

This blog is written by HEPI’s Bahram Bekhradnia, HEPI’s founder and President. And universities are especially likely to have Woke attitudes and to engage in Woke activity. No doubt extreme and unacceptable examples of Woke-related activity in universities exist, but one has to look hard to find them.

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Cisco blogs - Education

AUGUST 8, 2024

One university is using reliable and easy-to-deploy LoRaWAN technology to spur innovation in rural America. We reveal how in our latest blog.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Universities UK published its Blueprint , proving it is possible to get 140 vice-chancellors (or thereabouts) to agree on something. It has been a privilege to capture many of these moments and more on the HEPI blog, which had another exceptionally busy year. And HEPI published its best-read report of the year, Provide or punish?

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LSE Higher Education Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

LSE HE Blog Fellow Sam Illingworth explains how and why he turned the LSE HE Blog into a poem Within qualitative research, particularly in the context of higher education, traditional methods like thematic analysis, content coding, and narrative inquiry have long dominated the field. What is poetic transcription?

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Dr Tom Fryer ( @TomFryer4 ) Lecturer in Education at the University of Manchester, Professor Steven Jones ( @StevenJones_MCR ), Professor of Education at the University of Manchester, and Dr Bowen Zhang ( @charlzhang1996 ), Lecturer in Education at Durham University. This tool is available for download here.

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Academe Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

WILSON Christian Coons, an associate professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University, has been suspended and faces a hearing on March 20 that could lead to his dismissal. A university is seriously considering the dismissal…

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HEPI

APRIL 9, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Vincenzo Raimo, an independent international higher education consultant and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Reading, where he previously served as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement.

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HEPI

JANUARY 13, 2024

I am referring to the long-awaited report that Universities UK (UUK) commissioned from PwC on the financial sustainability of higher education institutions. PwC make the usual nod that is always included in such reports about universities’ costs towards more ‘back-office efficiencies through shared services or automation’.

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HEPI

JULY 10, 2024

This blog was written by Joseph Morrison-Howe. Joseph is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Nottingham and is currently undertaking an internship with HEPI. Get our updates via email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Amanda J. Broderick, Vice-Chancellor & President at the University of East London. Universities must use their power as global convenors and mobilise to provide capacity, support, and expertise both at home and abroad.

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HEPI

JUNE 6, 2024

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor Robin Banerjee , Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global and Civic Engagement at the University of Sussex. In fact, at the University of Sussex, we know our presence is often made visible to our local community through the volunteering carried out by our students and staff.

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HEPI

APRIL 8, 2024

Paul Clark was until recently the Vice-President (Strategy) at University College London, and before that the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency. That the operating environment for UK universities is more uncertain than ever is now an accepted truth. Fourth, universities should practice agile governance.

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HEPI

APRIL 24, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Kara McEnaney, Chair of Keele University’s Drug & Alcohol Steering Group. This is the second of a two-blog series on a drug harm reduction pilot organised by Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK). You can read the first blog, an overview of the pilot, here.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 4, 2024

5 Steps for Creating Your Social Media Brand Presence For universities eager to thrive in today’s cyber-centric world, social media isn’t just a tool. Your university’s social media strategy is about so much more than just marketing and advertising — it’s about creating a cohesive story that reflects the spirit of your institution.

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HEPI

JUNE 19, 2024

The argument presented recently on this blog by representatives of Oxford University decrying the linkage of OA to the REF (which is now proposed to apply to long-form publications such as monographs and book chapters) touches on some valid questions about implementation, but we do not find their arguments convincing.

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The Berkeley Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

1 public university in U.S. Berkeley also moved up to 8th best in the world overall in the 2024 report. The post Times Higher Ed ranks UC Berkeley No.1 appeared first on Berkeley News.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Adam Lindgreen, Professor of Marketing at the Copenhagen Business School and Extraordinary Professor with the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria, C. In a series of blogs, we, together with colleagues, will discuss the above-mentioned topics. Borland et al.

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Academe Blog

AUGUST 14, 2024

BY NATHANIEL MILLS Joe Lockard’s August 8 Academe Blog post criticizes, with multiple errors and missing contexts, a statement of the executive committee of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities AAUP chapter.

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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. How internships and apprenticeships benefit schools In this modern landscape, colleges and universities that offer internship and apprenticeship programs can more easily make the case that attending their school is worth the investment.

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Academe Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

SUBMITTED BY THE GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AAUP CHAPTER From donor influence scandals to Supreme Court boondoggles, there’s never a dull moment at George Mason University (GMU). Now, once again, Mason students and faculty find themselves under attack.

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HEPI

JULY 10, 2024

This blog is contributed by Dr Gert Jan Sheurwater, Director of Strategy and Foresight at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and Mike Boxall, an independent consultant and regular contributor to HEPI blogs. A rising tide can lift all boats – until it turns.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Paul Angrave, Director of Public Affairs and Engagement and William Wells, Deputy Director of Research & Enterprise at the University of Leicester. This blog is part of series of HEPI publications marking twenty five years of devolution.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Robert MacIntosh, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Business and Law at Northumbria University. Whilst UK traditions dictate an academic year which starts in the autumn, many universities now offer postgraduate degrees with start dates in January for international students. Their opinion is clear.

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Deans for Impact

MAY 9, 2023

Read more about in-service support on the Instruction Partners blog. Austin State University (SFASU). “We Deans for Impact partnered with Instruction Partners to reflect on the importance of fostering a continuum of support for pre-service and in-service teachers to enact evidence-based early literacy instruction.

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HEPI

APRIL 4, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Harriet Dunbar-Morris , Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic at the University of Buckingham. Some of these modules are examples of university-wide initiatives with large-scale reach, but others have simply been introduced by individual lecturers into their subject areas.

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HEPI

MAY 4, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Jon Down , Director of Development and Ellie Garraway , CEO, of Grit Breakthrough Programmes. Grit delivers intensive personal development and coaching programmes in universities across the UK. We might think of the university experience as a kind of all-encompassing change programme.

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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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HEPI

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Ellie Russell , Deputy Head of Policy at University Alliance. The well-established Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) is utilised by 21 police forces in England and Wales and delivered mostly by universities (including the ground-breaking Police Education Consortium ).

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