A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) highlights the significant yet underacknowledged impact of menstruation on students’ attendance, academic engagement and wellbeing in UK universities. Authored by Rose Stephenson, HEPI’s Director of Policy and Advocacy, The Hidden Impact of Menstrual Cycles on Higher Education Studies is based…
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Maggie Smart, UCAS Director of Data and Analysis As we pass the 30 June deadline for this year’s undergraduate admissions cycle, UCAS’ data offers an early view of applicant and provider behaviour as we head into Confirmation and Clearing. It also marks a…
Today, Unite Students is launching the 2025 edition of its Applicant Index in partnership with HEPI. Student wellbeing has surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time, according to a new report. The Unite Students 2025 Applicant Index, conducted in partnership with Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), found that university applicants…
The higher education sector is navigating one of the most challenging periods in its history, marked by financial uncertainty, rapid technological transformation, demographic shifts and rising public and political scrutiny. A new collection of 10 essays published today by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and curated by the National…
This note is by HEPI Director, Nick Hillman. I’m over the moon and completely surprised to have had my work in higher education policy since 2007 recognised through the award of an OBE. I’ve been very lucky in my career, most notably in having the chance to support a brilliant…
A record 68% of students now work during term time, reshaping study habits amid rising cost-of-living pressures.
In a new HEPI Debate Paper, Universities are boxed in: Is there a way out?, Professors Diana Beech and André Spicer of City St George’s, University of London, argue UK higher education institutions are boxed in on six sides: The authors outline the many ways in which university leaders are responding…
In a report to mark the end of his tenure as the Government’s Higher Education Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck has laid out his thoughts on the future of higher education in a new Policy Note published by the Higher Education Policy Institute. The paper, The future of the campus…
Nearly half of UK vice-chancellors were appointed since 2022, with those from outside the sector performing best in league tables.
Responding to reports in the weekend’s newspapers that the negotiations between the UK and the EU could lead to big changes for universities and students, Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, said: ‘The idea that students from the EU might come to be treated, once again, as home students when it…