HEPI

APRIL 12, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Jo Richards, Senior Insight Lead at UCAS. Universities UK issued a stark warning in December 2022 that students ‘ risk becoming the “forgotten group” in the cost of living crisis.’ Indeed, main scheme UK applications for deferred entry represented 3.4%

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HEPI

JULY 25, 2023

This blog was authored by Josh Freeman, Policy Manager at HEPI. Videos recently emerged of disruption to graduation ceremonies at the University of Edinburgh. Universities and unions are in a standoff, and the scenes demonstrate how emotionally charged and bitter the dispute has become.

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SRHE

JULY 19, 2023

by Rob Cuthbert The UK HE academic year 2022-2023 is coming to an end, or not, amid disputes, unrest and polarised attitudes which seem unprecedented. At the time of writing there seems little prospect of rapprochement between the employers and the Universities and Colleges Union.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Teaching and learning in UK higher education is at a pivotal moment as it moves back to widespread on-campus learning and teaching while seeking to retain some of the advantages delivered by the digital innovations introduced during the pandemic. UK higher education has under-invested in digital for years.

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SRHE

APRIL 17, 2024

In 2024 fifty or more universities have declared or are likely to declare redundancies , as their funding position becomes ever more perilous. According to Mark Corver of DataHE: “… universities have lost, in real terms, around a third of their income since 2012. Most of that has happened recently.

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HEPI

JULY 31, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for the HEPI 20th Anniversary Collection by Bahram Bekhradnia, HEPI’s President and its first Director. In August, we are running chapters from the Anniversary Collection as a blog series. HEPI does not carry out consultancy for UK bodies.) This piece is the Foreword from that collection.

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