HEPI

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Below is our annual round up of the most popular HEPI blogs from the past year. She may only blog for us occasionally, but HEPI Trustee Mary Curnock Cook bags the top spot – and not for the first time. The list of top blogs below only covers HEPI’s blogs published in 2022; it does not cover HEPI’s reports.

Higher Education 124

Higher Education Education Recruitment Policy 124

ACRLog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Nery Alcivar-Estrella, Reference and Instruction Librarian at California State University, Northridge, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2023-2024 year here at ACRLog.

Inclusivity 102

Inclusivity Scholarship Engineering Organization 102

HEPI

APRIL 6, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Chris East ( LinkedIn ), co-founder of Cornerstone Safeguarding Consultancy. Chris has over 15 years of experience in safeguarding and pastoral support. From leadership to students to staff, we need everyone associated with our institutions to understand and believe in its importance.

Higher Education 63

Higher Education Education Empower Environment 63

HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2023

Reeves’s book, which quotes HEPI’s work on the issue, proposes the – perhaps – counter-intuitive idea that boys should start school a year after girls: ‘The main reason for starting boys late’, Richard writes, ‘is not so that they will be a year older in kindergarten.

Education 118

Education Higher Education Leadership Schooling 118

EAB

AUGUST 28, 2023

Blogs Most strategic plans fail to set useful goals. Having reviewed over a hundred college and university strategic plans, I have found that while they all include goals, the majority fail to set “useful” goals, by that I mean goals that can actually galvanize concerted action toward institutional outcomes.

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Institution Achievement Equity Faculty 98

HEPI

APRIL 19, 2023

This HEPI Blog was kindly written by Stephanie Smith, Deputy Director of Policy at the Russell Group. Plans to look again at the UK’s Integrated Review – the document setting the tone for our foreign policy and defence priorities – were announced during the short-lived premiership of Liz Truss.

Department 62

Department Technology Guidance Policy 62

HEPI

JUNE 18, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Richard F. The HEPI Annual Conference is our flagship annual event and is taking place in central London on Thursday (22 June 2023). It will feature a range of high-profile speakers, plus the launch of the HEPI / Advance HE 2023 Student Academic Experience Survey. More details here.

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Education University Degree Advocate 128

Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera Our annual Coursera Conference brings together leaders from across global higher education, industry, and governments to discuss critical trends, ecosystem collaborations, and technological advancements shaping the future of learning and work.

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Degree Computer Science Humanities Recruitment 98

HEPI

MARCH 1, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Antony C. The story of the massification of higher education – whereby we have seen around 3% of 18-year-olds going to university in the 50’s, up to over a third in 2023 – is often the subject of debate. Before doing this, I think it is worth reflecting on two questions.

Students 75

Students Higher Education Guidance Disadvantaged 75

EAB

JANUARY 1, 2024

Blogs Do you need to sunset academic programs? In our survey of presidents, provosts, and VPEMs , more than half of respondents said they increased their program offerings in the last year, compared to just 18% of respondents who decreased the number of offerings in their graduate and adult ed portfolios. Consider these 3 steps.

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Provost Faculty Policy Empower 52

HEPI

APRIL 12, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Jo Richards, Senior Insight Lead at UCAS. The cost of living is the topic at the top of everyone’s minds over the past year, and it is likely to be with us for a while. Indeed, main scheme UK applications for deferred entry represented 3.4%

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Students Higher Education Environment University 142

Coursera blog

APRIL 16, 2024

Welcome back to our interview series. What was a difficult decision you had to make in the last year? For inspiration, revisit our issue on the top skills of 2023.) For strengths , review the job description and see if you can identify one or two responsibilities that align with things you do really well.

Leadership 52

Leadership Organization Department University 52

HEPI

JANUARY 26, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Maddy Godin, Policy Researcher (Higher Education) at the Russell Group. In 2023, 3% of students said they were now mostly funding their living costs through a bank loan or overdraft. In 2023, 3% of students said they were now mostly funding their living costs through a bank loan or overdraft.

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Students Disadvantaged Higher Education Policy 75

EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Blogs Americans’ trust in higher ed has reached a new low. This decline is not a new development, with trust steadily eroding over the past eight years. This decline is not a new development, with trust steadily eroding over the past eight years. Most academic program review processes are lengthy and occur once every few years.

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Retention Program Review Higher Education Allocate 59

HEPI

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This blog was contributed by Professor Antony Moss, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor, Education and Student Experience, London South Bank University, and Chair, London Uni Connect. Indeed, the Augar review noted the need to expand Level 4 and 5 qualifications to address skills gaps.

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Guidance Higher Education Model Schooling 136

HEPI

APRIL 23, 2024

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Roger Watson, Academic Dean, School of Nursing, Southwest Medical University, China and outgoing President of the National Conference of University Professors. This piece is a review of Pathways to professorship: a toolkit for success by Marily Leask (2023) published by Routledge, London.

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Academia Advocate Deans Humanities 112

HEPI

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Emily Pollinger, Policy and Programmes Manager (Education) and Dr Robert Eaton, Curriculum and Academic Development Manager, both at the University of Bath. Find them on Twitter/X. What have we gained?

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Achievement Institution Education Policy 67

WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

That smile was due to the wonderful experience of this year’s WCET Annual Meeting. This year I attended several meetings and sessions that brought up fresh topics to learn about, networked with our community, met some incredible people, and visited a town I’d never been to before!

Leadership 59

Leadership Inclusivity Higher Education Policy 59

HEPI

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Alex Berka, Insights Manager at QS Quacquarelli Symonds. A recent report highlighted that a large part of the UK Higher Education sector had seen a decline in enrolments from both India and Nigeria in their September 2023 intakes.

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Recruitment Students Higher Education Institution 60

EAB

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Blogs 4 takeaways from marketing to graduate students in 2023—and predictions for 2024 Insights from a former higher ed CMO I recently returned from the Windy City, where I attended the American Marketing Association ’s (AMA) annual higher ed symposium. New growth and centralization of services mandates were imposed on PCO leaders.

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Students Recruitment Adult Education Continuing Education 59

SRHE

MAY 2, 2023

To illustrate the contents, here is part of the April 2023 issue on recent developments in Publishing. Focusing on 98 MDPI journals with an impact factor, there were 55,985 special issues with a closing date in 2023, as of 23 February, Dr Crosetto told Times Higher Education. or rob.gresham@srhe.ac.uk.

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Academia Higher Education Policy Technology 52

SRHE

APRIL 10, 2024

The mental health of students has long been a topic of interest with decades of primary research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, alongside cross cultural comparisons, highlighting the poor mental health of University Students in comparison to the general public ( Brown, 2018 ; Campbell et al, 2022 ; Macaskill, 2013 ).

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Retention Policy Academia 52

Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Earlier today, Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda shared the following email with Coursera employees: Courserians, My 25 years as a CEO have included some pretty rough times – the dot com bubble bursting, the 2008 financial crisis, and a global lockdown. This week is about giving everyone the space to process and grieve.

Leadership 145

Leadership Organization Environment Technology 145

Coursera blog

MAY 8, 2023

Are you looking to make career moves this year? While you can invest in your professional goals and subscribe to Coursera Plus at any time, we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to give up to five learners free access to Coursera as a thank-you for being part of our community! The contest starts May 8, 2023 and ends on May 22, 2023.

Achievement 59

Achievement Technology Degree University 59

ACRLog

JANUARY 13, 2023

As my fellow blogger Justin wrote about earlier this week, the start of a new year means a focus on developing goals to guide us for the next 365ish days. I figured I would focus my blog post this month on my thought process behind co-developing yearly departmental goals. . I had everyone review our 2022 goals and reflect on the year.

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Department Achievement Organization Institution 82

HEPI

JANUARY 9, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Jeff Frank, Professor of Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and Norman Gowar, Professor Emeritus at the University of London. HEPI has published the third version of its analysis of the economic benefits of our universities hosting overseas students. of undergraduates and 45.4%

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Students Recruitment Degree Environment 110

HEPI

MAY 17, 2024

Measured against these objectives, the system Tony Blair introduced 25 years ago – a time-limited and income-contingent graduate contribution towards the repayment of heavily-subsidised loans – is the least bad option. 43 million a year for a midsized university like York with around 15,000 first-degree students. per cent to £9,250.

Disadvantaged 55

Disadvantaged Higher Education Policy Model 55

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation For a few years, I’ve used my last blog post of the calendar year to aggregate the book reviews I’ve published over the past year. This post always generates several emails in which readers share what they’ve read over the past year.

Humanities 69

Humanities Schooling Students University 69

WCET Frontiers

APRIL 27, 2023

As you may or may not know, we’ve been undertaking an accessibility review and revision of our entire website and document development practices. You can watch the recording of the webcast to listen to the discussion and learn from our journey! Thank you Kate and Rolando!

Technology 131

Technology Faculty Higher Education Education 131

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blogs How will we measure student success in the 2020s? A review of how student success metrics have evolved over time—and where they might go in the future Before I studied student success, I studied evolutionary biology. As you’ll see below, these metrics have become very complex over the span of just a few years.

Advise 105

Advise Students Retention Equity 105

Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

From personalized coaching and expanded course translations to seamless course building and ever-faster grading tools, these innovations mark a new chapter for teaching and learning on Coursera and our vision for generative AI in online learning. Pilot launching later this year. Pilot launching in the coming months.

Organization 111

Organization Empower History Humanities 111

EAB

AUGUST 25, 2023

Blogs The five topics independent school leaders were most curious about in the past year Each year, EAB’s Dedicated Advisors pass scores of questions from independent school leaders to our AskEAB team. We found several categories of research were requested most often within this topic area: Human resources.

Schooling 52

Schooling Professional Development Recruitment Faculty 52

ACRLog

JANUARY 21, 2024

Towards the end of fall 2023, the STEM Librarian stepped down from her position at CSU Northridge. Our department chair requested support and asked us to reach out if interested in taking over the STEM liaison roles. Our department chair requested support and asked us to reach out if interested in taking over the STEM liaison roles.

Guidance 89

Guidance Engineering Department Humanities 89

EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. 6 trends to watch in 2023 1. 6 trends to watch in 2023 1. for 16–24-year-olds. for 16–24-year-olds. get your copy 2.

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Community College College Retention Recruitment 105

HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

This guest blog in the current series on leadership with NCEE has been kindly penned for HEPI by Ceri Nursaw, the Chief Executive of the NCEE. Sometimes we adopt styles, ones that we have seen others use to good effect or ones that feel most comfortable with our own individual ways. So what does that mean?

Leadership 93

Leadership Higher Education Model Inclusivity 93

HEPI

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This guest blog has been written for HEPI by Fiona Walsh, Partnerships and Development Director at Student Hubs , which is a national charity, working in partnership with universities to deliver social action programmes which support higher education students to engage with social and environmental challenges. But is this surprising?

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Higher Education Education Allocate Achievement 109

EAB

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Blogs Why Enroll360 Match’s partnership with Naviance will transform college admissions With overall college enrollment continuing a decade-long pattern of decline, much has been said about the need to break down barriers inherent to the traditional admissions model. But these programs do not go far enough.

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College Scholarship Recruitment Model 59