HEPI had its busiest ever year in 2018 with, for example, a record number of hits on this website – double the number we received just a couple of years ago.
So it seems a good moment to take stock of some of our output over the past year. The following list is nothing other than my personal opinion, but this is how some of our 2018 output looks to me. More...

Staffordshire University has 56 per cent of full-time undergraduate students with the same home address as their term-time address. Our HESA data classifies 36 per cent of our students from the local area, not all of whom live at home. More...

In response to the needs of our students and the sector-wide concern about the challenges faced by commuting students, Anglia Ruskin University is putting in place a number of measures to respond to and address these challenges. More...

The project was started after a piece of research highlighted how low retention rates and poor student experiences were common themes among off-campus students. Consequently, we set up the project to focus on living-at-home students (or commuter students), which has come to include mature students, student parents and student carers. More...

During 2016/17, nearly 93,000 full-time first degree UK students were domiciled in London and remained in the capital for their undergraduate studies, making up 47 per cent of this student group. More...

Lancaster University has embodied the principles of the ‘sticky campus’ and aims to foster a sense of community for all students. Commuter students make up a very small proportion of Lancaster students, and it is therefore important for us to prevent this group feeling a sense of isolation. More...