Now, as we have repeatedly pointed out (see, for example, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/delays-uk-government-research-worse-than-embarrassing), we are debating student finance in the comparative dark. More...
26 décembre 2017
26 décembre 2017
Universities must listen to what international students think about value for money
As HEPI’s latest report on research funding showed, international students provide a vital source of research funding. On average, over the duration of their degree, each non-EU student contributes over £8,000 to UK research. With international student numbers under threat by strategic challenges, this is not guaranteed to continue in the future at the same level. More...
26 décembre 2017
Response to Danny Dorling’s claim that HEPI published information that was ‘not true’
We welcome it when people challenge what we do because HEPI’s role is to encourage discussion. Our output is designed to educate, inform and enlighten. Although we never seek to provoke people for the sake of it, we do seek to provoke informed debate. Indeed, we routinely provide platforms for people who disagree with something we have said (see, for example, here and here). More...
26 décembre 2017
Over two-thirds (68%) of students now back Labour, but most of them think Labour (55%) and Jeremy Corbyn (58%) back Remain
The Higher Education Policy Institute and Youthsight have polled students for their current political views, voting intentions and opinions about Brexit. The results are being published in A Brexit Youthquake (HEPI Policy Note 4). More...
26 décembre 2017
Three into two WILL go? Two-year degrees welcome, but no game changer…
Making two-year degrees more attractive makes sense as the current rules aren’t great and more diversity is generally good in higher education – so long as quality is maintained. So the overall idea of altering the financial rules for two-year degrees is sound or even overdue. More...
26 décembre 2017
Response to the National Audit Office report
It is true that the higher education market is still evolving and that there are areas where further improvements can be made – such as improved information for applicants. It is also good that the NAO have highlighted the sharp decline in part-time students, which is an urgent problem that needs tackling. More...
26 décembre 2017
Official forecasts for future student numbers cut by 125,000 – or more than 10%
HEPI is today launching a short paper, Why the OBR’s forecasts on students must improve, that questions the Office for Budget Responsibility’s predictions of future student numbers. More...
26 décembre 2017
On average, graduates have few reasons to regret obtaining a degree and more reasons to be cheerful
We have conducted the biggest survey of student wellbeing annually since 2014. We have consistently found students to be less happy and more anxious, on average, than both the rest of the population and young people overall. They are living away from home for the first time, confronting new ways of learning and worried about their future prospects. More...
25 décembre 2017
Cengage Unlimited Draws the Battle Lines in the Curricular Materials War
As Phil wrote about recently, Cengage has announced "Cengage Unlimited," which is being described in various outlets as the "Netflix" or "Spotify" of curricular materials. It's an all-you-can-eat digital subscription service to Cengage's complete catalog. Spotify is probably the more apt comparison, both because the Netflix analogy is contaminated and because the music industry is a more apt analogy for the economic pressure this puts on content creators. More...
25 décembre 2017
Pearson Open Sources Equella—Properly
Not too long ago, Pearson contributed the Equella software to the Apereo Foundation as open source software.1 Equella, which both Pearson and Apereo refer to as a "digital repository," might have been called a Learning Object Repository (LOR) in a previous era (and probably was called that back then). More...
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