HEPI

MARCH 13, 2024

On University Mental Health Day, we are delighted to publish this blog from Dr. Rachel Spacey, Policy and Engagement Officer, and Sam Gamblin, Charity Manager, at the University Mental Health Advisers Network ( UMHAN – LinkedIn ). To learn more, see the hashtags #UniMentalHealthDay and #IChoseToDisclose.

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ACRLog

MARCH 21, 2024

Although the IT Help Desk is just a few feet down from the Library Service Desk at my library, we become tech support in so many ways. Surely, the kids who have grown up with technology are good at it, right? Yet, Global Web Index’s report on Generation Z says that “[they] are clocking up nearly 7 hours a day online” (2019).

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SRHE

JANUARY 22, 2024

The story of someone affronted by the unfairness who refused to give up, even though the authorities lined up to oppose him and try to make him go away. Those, probably mostly outside the UK, who are unfamiliar with the story might like to read this explainer from Private Eye before reading this editorial. Or just Google it.

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HEPI

JANUARY 3, 2024

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor Roger Brown, former Vice-Chancellor of Solent University. It was only in 1989, and after quite prolonged debate, that the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals set up an Academic Audit Unit (AAU) to scrutinise and report on universities’ quality assurance arrangements.

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Helix Education

MARCH 28, 2024

At RNL’s recent Graduate and Online Innovation Summit, I had the chance to sit down with Stephen Drew, RNL’s Chief AI Officer , for a wide-ranging conversation on how AI is going to change how we do and what we do in higher education. I am hearing about a lack of resources and an incredible level of pressure to achieve difficult goals.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Christopher Smith , Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. How do we value the skills which are created through studying arts and humanities at a higher degree level if these cannot be arrived at via the classic government recourse to market failure?

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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. Widening participation: We can develop full pathway education, with progression mapped from Levels 1 to 7.

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HEPI

MAY 8, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Mary Curnock Cook CBE , chair of the Jisc-Emerge HE Edtech Board, and Nic Newman , Founder and partner at Emerge Education. This echoes the positive approach to generative AI shared by Sir Tim O’Shea in a recent HEPI blog post, which you can read here.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Jolanta Edwards , Director of Strategy at London Higher , and Susanna Kalitowski , Head of Policy at University Alliance. Universities up and down the country are keen to work as closely as possible with the Government and NHS to deliver on the once-in-a-generation plan.

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Today's Learner

MARCH 27, 2024

As a college-level math and statistics educator for over twenty years, I am delighted to share my best practices for guiding students to self-remediate in WebAssign. When I approached her, she was down on herself and said she was unable to learn Math. Students make the choice to improve, and there is power in that.

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Creatrix Campus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To assist those keen on Outcome-Based Education but unsure of the process, this blog aims to provide a comprehensive guide, breaking down the 20 essential steps for successful implementation in your educational space. Keep mappings up-to-date by reviewing them regularly to accommodate any changes.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Martin’s work on the Codes , which drive up standards, is just one very clear example of how he has never lost sight of the needs of student tenants. The whole Report being launched today reflects the fact that neither maintenance nor rent have been going up as fast as inflation. But both are below the increase in RPI of 23%.

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ACRLog

MARCH 29, 2024

These roles opened up due to faculty retirements and gave the department and I a chance to reflect on what our institution needs right now. For weeks, I’ve been thinking about how to write a blog post about this experience. This also means when the searches wrap up, I can refocus my energy on the current department.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Adam Shore, Director of the School of Business and Management at Liverpool John Moores University, Chair of the Chartered Association of Business Schools’ Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committee, and Board Director of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE).

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer of London Higher – the voice of higher education in London, representing over 50 universities and higher education institutions across the capital.

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HEPI

JANUARY 11, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Sahil Shah , Managing Director, and Ari Soonawalla , Director, both at Say No to Disinfo. By drastically pushing down the costs, they have also reduced barriers to entry. While detection is becoming more robust, it is constantly playing catch up as the offence becomes more and more sophisticated.

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HEPI

MARCH 5, 2023

This guest blog has been kindl y written for HEPI by Professor Edward Peck CBE, Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University and the first official Student Support Champion. Introduced in 2013/14, students aged 19+ studying so-called ‘non-designated courses’ at Level 4 could access ALLs for support with tuition fees.

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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. This has resulted in a wide range of prices but without there being any political backlash.

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HEPI

AUGUST 29, 2023

This blog was kindly authored by Martin Blakey, CEO of Unipol, a student housing charity. Demand trends The summer recruitment round is volatile in 2023, and intake levels hard to predict. UK undergraduate applicant numbers were down significantly for a big chunk of the post-1992 sector.

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Helix Education

MARCH 28, 2024

At RNL’s recent Graduate and Online Innovation Summit, I had the chance to sit down with Stephen Drew, RNL’s Chief AI Officer , for a wide-ranging conversation on how AI is going to change how we do and what we do in higher education. I am hearing about a lack of resources and an incredible level of pressure to achieve difficult goals.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MAY 7, 2024

Prospective students are individuals who are interested in your college or university’s program and are at some level in the student journey funnel. To prospect effectively, it’s important to understand the search intent and needs of a student at each level of the funnel. What Is a Prospective Student?

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Content warning: this blog contains discussions of gun violence and hate speech. A few days after that interview, I woke up to the news of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs—yet another horrifying reminder that things have to change. My experience was no different.

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HEPI

APRIL 16, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly written by Stephanie Marshall , Vice-Principal (Education) at Queen Mary University of London. At the very highest level within universities, there must be a recognition of their efforts alongside a culture that encourages experimentation. A risk-averse approach benefits no-one.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Derfel Owen ( LinkedIn ), Director of Education Services at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Ant Bagshaw , Senior Advisor at L.E.K. This is the first part of two blogs focusing on the Office for Students. Will higher education be high up the list for reform? Consulting.

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HEPI

APRIL 11, 2023

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by James Fuller, who supports the senior team at Lancaster University having previously worked in secondary school leadership. In this blog, he considers some similarities and differences between the school and higher education sectors and considers himself very lucky to be in HE!

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EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Blogs Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do The first two decades of the 21st century have already witnessed several major disruptions with significant economic impacts, from three recessions to the pandemic to today’s hiring crisis. But there are also significant risks to halting solicitations altogether.

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HEPI

JUNE 26, 2023

Michelle Morgan , Dean of Students at the University of East London , has kindly authored this HEPI blog. In England, which has the majority of PGT students in the UK, the loan, was and remains, only available to those undertaking master’s level study. Outlining future considerations based on this information.

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HEPI

MARCH 19, 2024

This blog is an adapted version of a speech delivered by Simran Dhanjal-Field, CEO of Student Hubs. Active citizenship is a word that comes up a lot when we talk about Student Hubs: why is this so important to us? From our experience, this comes down to two factors: confidence and a sense of belonging.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I have been fortunate to have a perch on which to write about a host of highly charged issues that matter a great deal to me. No subject has been off-limits and no one has ever threatened to censor or water down my perspective. Obviously, the College Board set itself up for a fall.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

There needs to be additional education on some level and in targeted areas for accounting professionals to meet the service needs of their clients. Entry-level CPAs are performing more procedures that require deeper critical thinking, problem-solving and professional judgment. Nothing has changed in this regard.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Last week, HEPI published a new Policy Note on the Robbins Report and this blog is in a series we are running to mark the 60th anniversary of the Report’s publication in October 1963 – you can access them all here. The proposals of the Robbins Report on Higher Education considered the role of providers of tertiary education.

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Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Choosing your career path can bring a clarity of purpose to your work and life, while also opening up exciting new professional landscapes for you to explore. Most long-term, big-picture goals are made up of smaller, incremental goals. But, sometimes, our paths can become clouded by a fog of uncertainty.

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Helix Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

In a November 2022 blog , I presented some high level findings on the differences between IPEDS data on 12-Month Unduplicated Headcount numbers (“12-Month data”) versus IPEDS Fall Snapshot numbers (“Snapshot Data”). But the data show that—in the aggregate—the students just didn’t show up the same way. Fall 2020 saw 5.9m

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HEPI

JANUARY 24, 2023

UCAS recently blogged for HEPI on the changes they are proposing to make to higher education applications in future. Students often do not know where to start with their personal statement, and therefore suffer from ‘white page syndrome’ – the inability to get anything written down at all resulting in angst or even panic.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

stack up vs. other nations? A sign of a healthy democracy is the level of rigor and freedom of debate in higher education institutions. Effective ways to communicate with the public at large via media exposure without sitting down for an interview can be providing an op-ed, letters to the editor and social media/blog posts.

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HEPI

AUGUST 29, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Lily Bull , Policy Manager at the Russell Group. Either because they already see it impacting the condition of the buildings they work in, what they can offer students or the type or amount of research they can perform, or because they can see early warning signs of change coming down the line.

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