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Can the HE sector just carry on as it is now??

HEPI

Today’s HEPI blog is the text of a speech by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to a joint meeting of the Senate and Council at Lancaster University. My side of the debate went down to a crushing defeat, but the event was followed by further (good-natured) argument in a local pub, showing lively student-promoted free speech in action.

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WEEKEND READING: The next 20 years – rediscovering the social purpose of higher education

HEPI

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. We are currently running chapters from the Anniversary Collection as a series of blogs.

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My Take on the AP African American Studies Course Framework and the American Historical Review’s 1619 Forum

Inside Higher Ed

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. Top colleges often ignore AP scores and require students to take a placement test. Let me discuss both of these documents in turn. The AP framework was certainly well intended.

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WEEKEND READING: Looking back and looking forwards

HEPI

We have been running chapters from the Anniversary Collection as a series of blogs over the summer. Since HEPI was founded in 2002, it has published around 160 Reports (blue books), 50 Policy Notes and over 30 Debate Papers (red books, but originally yellow Occasional Papers) as well as over 1,500 blog posts.

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Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: Reflections on the Assemblages Symposium

SRHE

Assemblages In this final symposium, we shifted the focus by using the lens of ‘assemblages’ to examine the expanding range of contemporary HE learning spaces and the heterogenous collection of material and non-material, human and non-human elements that compose them.

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SRHE News at 50: Looking back…

SRHE

Undergraduate fees were trebled, to deliver most tuition income via students rather than a funding agency. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 aimed to enshrine the market with students as customers, and established the Office for Students. by Rob Cuthbert.

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Are universities really at risk of ending up in the public sector?

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Julian Gravatt, Deputy Chief Executive (Policy, Curric ulum and Funding) at the Association of Colleges. For details on how to get a free place, see here. On 30 March, HEPI will be runnin g a hybrid event with the UPP Foundation on Public Attitudes to Higher Education in England.