HEPI

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A week on from the Labour Government’s first Budget, it is clear that its first 100 days have left universities, further education colleges, and apprenticeship providers in England in a state of uncomfortable anticipation. The challenges are mounting.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 10, 2025

He was the former Commissioner for Fair Access in Scotland, and a former vice chancellor of Kingston University. Tags Fees and Funding finance Peter Scott Peter Scott is Professor of Higher Education Studies at the UCL Institute of Education. Higher education is facing an intolerable financial squeeze.

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HEPI

APRIL 30, 2025

To meet these needs on both national and local levels, Russell Group universities are building on their existing partnerships with colleges, businesses and local authorities to make sure education remains as relevant and responsive as possible for graduates and employers alike.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The northeastern Australian technical and further education provider has been using a new insight reporting tool to develop localised adverts targeting students in Japan and South Korea. Designed specifically for the education sector, the machine learning technology now references billions of impressions across the world.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. Saleema is one of more than 126,000 students, including nearly 17,000 refugees, studying at this tuition-free, nonprofit online university with an all-volunteer faculty.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Nurun Nahar , Assistant Professor (Accounting with Business) at the University of Bolton. As higher education practitioners, it is crucial to draw a comparison between our expectations of an ideal digitally capable student and the reality of students’ digital capabilities.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When the further education provider embraced first embraced esports in 2019 it was because “we saw an industry that was absolutely huge” “Over 90% of children and young people were playing games but actually this is an industry that included lots of different skills, professional skills, communication,” he continues.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

by Sir Adrian Webb The publication on 13 September 2023 of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report on the Office for Students drew attention to the financial challenges facing universities in the UK and to the challenges associated with regulating and overseeing these risks.

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The PIE News

MARCH 6, 2023

In July 2022, the UK and India agreed an MoU to recognise each other’s higher education qualifications. “This agreement locks in the rules for mutual recognition to access education in both our countries, including the qualifications we provide online and offshore,” Australian minister for Education Jason Clare said. .

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The committee recommended “that the bill be amended to remove the ability for the Minister to set course-level limits for Table A and B universities and TAFE providers” So the question is, which institutions are in the list? This means that course-level caps will still be applied to private colleges.

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HEPI

APRIL 7, 2025

James is co-lead of Interpaths Education Team and has advised on over 20 mergers and potential mergers in the FE and HE sectors. In this blog, James explains 10 things universities can learn from mergers in the FE sector. Within a short period of time, its financial health was upgraded to Outstanding, and its Ofsted upgraded to Good.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

She has a BA in Classics and Economics from Brown University and an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford. What is the purpose of a university education? A liberal arts education is what a society — a civilisation — ought to champion. Here, she writes about US liberal arts degrees.

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HEPI

APRIL 1, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Tim Blackman, Vice Chancellor of the Open University. It was not about school leavers but the 18–30-year-old age group, not about going to university but about higher education, and not about degrees but, again, higher education. These are important distinctions.

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The PIE News

JULY 16, 2024

Labour’s stance on international education was barely mentioned in the manifesto it released ahead of the election – but talk inevitably turned to the new government at the opening plenary of last week’s BUILA conference in Birmingham. ” What can we expect? What can we expect? “ She’s got a very large brief.

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University Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

Review library and educational technology resources available to provide greater access to online materials for instructors to share with students. . Equip faculty with technology and tools to improve student engagement and learning. Provide or reimburse for additional educational technology and instructional design training.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This blog was kindly contributed by Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President at TechnologyOne Universities are in a difficult spot. Demand for higher education is high, with more and more young people seeing the value of a university education, which is obviously great news for the sector. The findings were rather sobering.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Robocolleges prioritize profit over pedagogy, churning out ambitious and busy working-class professionals in fields like education, medicine, and business and hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt. The Robocollege Model Robocolleges are characterized by their reliance on technology to deliver education at scale.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. The Commons debated ‘Higher Education’ on 28 November 2012. This piece is the second part of two on the topic of institutional autonomy. It remains important.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Midlands Innovation is a strategic research partnership of eight research intensive universities in the Midlands. HEPI is running a series of blogs with Midlands Innovation championing the role of technicians in higher education and research. per cent); to have graduated from a post-1992 university (55.3 Women represent 52.3

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HEPI

OCTOBER 29, 2023

In this blog, we highlight the important role that Alternative Providers of Higher Education (‘Alternative Providers’ or ‘APs’) can play as partners to traditional universities. APs, via their ‘franchise’ model, can provide an attractive source of income without placing additional strain on university resources.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This considered the demographic realities of applications to university, college, and apprenticeships – and what it meant for the system and our economy. However, it can hardly be called ‘the norm’, sadly, with adult education still overlooked in the policy debate. million adult further education students.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Midlands Innovation is a strategic research partnership of eight research intensive universities in the Midlands. Over the past two months, HEPI has been running a series of blogs with Midlands Innovation championing the role of technicians in higher education and research.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In both instances, the principal aim was to understand better the challenges to HE progression faced by those on advanced level applied and professional courses (including BTECs) at a Midlands based further education (FE) college. The follow-up focused on two further subject areas. Anon (2022) ‘Research Guidance Note 9.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 16, 2024

By prioritizing equity, the program seeks to ensure that more students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, can achieve credentials that lead to economic success and further educational opportunities.

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HEPI

MARCH 24, 2025

Professor David Phoenix OBE is Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University and Chief Executive of LSBU Group. Dr Katerina Kolyva is Chief Executive Officer of The Education and Training Foundation. Post-16 education in England is at a pivotal moment, with increasing efforts to create a more integrated and collaborative system.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Nevertheless, we know that most young people interact with education settings at least until the age of 18, meaning that higher and further education settings can be primary actors in driving change. Those that make it to university or alternative provision are at a high risk of failure or withdrawal due to their circumstances.

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HEPI

MAY 27, 2024

The role that Higher Education institutions play in delivering the green skills needed to support the green workforce transformation.is However, Universities and our graduates have a crucial role to play and it is vital that we get this across. often not given much coverage. from QAA) and demand from students.

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HEPI

AUGUST 31, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Alice Wilby , Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Access, Participation and Student Experience) at University College Birmingham. There are many FE colleges on the OfS register, with many more delivering HE through franchise arrangements and Institutes of Technology.

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The PIE News

APRIL 14, 2023

XEquals utilises its technology to integrate student CRMs and institutions’ digital marketing channels to create a “connected picture” of recruitment funnels. A new student conversion platform has launched in the US promising to be a “game-changer” in helping institutions reach their enrolment goals.

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WCET Frontiers

APRIL 20, 2023

Today we’ll look at both the positive and potentially negative aspects of generative AI in higher education as it relates to educational equity. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology , “Technology can be a powerful tool for transformation learning.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The polytechnics were designated in the 1960s as new institutions formed from existing technical and other colleges within the English further education system, and with one in Wales. In the 1960s Britain was facing an increase in demand for higher education and these new institutions would help meet this demand.

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QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

AUGUST 8, 2022

This year, the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education awards , an annual competition to reward innovation in higher education, will play host to a new category of awards: Values. . In an increasingly globally-connected world, international diversity in higher education helps increase awareness of what’s happening in other locations. .

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HEPI

DECEMBER 12, 2024

By Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. With Oxford and Cambridge as its book-ends, the ARC includes Cranfield University, the University of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire New University, and the Open University, all clustered in or near Milton Keynes.[1]

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Image: Tensions escalated last week between the University of California system and the New School and their respective striking academic workers. On Saturday night, the university and the union reached a tentative agreement, ending the strike. Inflation and housing costs have been key issues. “Learning is social.

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HEPI

JULY 23, 2024

This long read was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. From the inherent right to grant degrees to requiring permission The power to permit the award of degrees began as an inherent right of the first English universities.

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HEPI

AUGUST 25, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for the HEPI 20th Anniversary Collection by Dr Jonathan Grant, founding Director of Different Angles Ltd, a consultancy that focuses on the social impact of universities and research. Clearly not all universities in the UK are over 100 years old but they seem solidly to meet these criteria.

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HEPI

JULY 24, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Sir Chris Husbands, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University. Keir Starmer has committed Labour to five ambitious missions, of which the fifth is squarely focused on educational transformation. Politicians should think big. They should think about the next frontier.

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