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17 janvier 2020

Last-minute election musings

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Many of the original expectations about it – such as the idea that the vote would be almost solely about Brexit or that the parties would eschew the leader-centric campaigning that didn’t work for Theresa May or that smaller parties would benefit from greater exposure – seem to have been largely false. More...

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17 janvier 2020

HEPI Election Resources

With the polls opening in just over 24 hours, we saw it fit to draw together all our content from the last six weeks related to the race for No. 10. More...

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17 janvier 2020

What is the ideal method of delivering material to improve student welfare?

The internet is awash with descriptions of Gen Z, the generation to which I belong and the generation with the highest participation in higher education. Of course, no generation is a homogenous group but there are generalised traits which are interesting to examine from a student welfare perspective. I have pulled out three:

They are ‘sceptical about the cost and value of education’ , because they grew up during a recession;
They value transparency and value communication that is ‘authentic, emotional and genuine’; and
They are tech-savvy having been born into a world where technology and social media have always existed.

Their impact on higher education clearly will be vast and will almost certainly take the form of an increase in digital means of teaching, communicating and supporting students. More...

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17 janvier 2020

Moving House: What awaits universities after the 2019 General Election?

Like many people settling into a new job, I have been spending the past few weeks getting to grips with my new role: what it means, why it is important and how it fits into existing organisational structures. More...

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17 janvier 2020

What are the smaller parties promising for higher and further education in their manifestos?

Having covered the manifesto commitments of the Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats previously, we decided to the same for the smaller and non UK-wide parties. More...

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17 janvier 2020

The ethics of data

Universities and other related organisations now collect huge amounts of data on students: everything from detailed information about their finances to their gender identity. However, this is not a trend limited to universities. We are all sharing personal data each day with a wide range of sources and receiving targeting advertising based on our browsing history. Discussions of big data, open data and whether data are or are not the new oil have become commonplace. The power of data has never been more in focus. More...

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17 janvier 2020

Could the proposed Oxford-Cambridge Expressway help the higher education sector?

Plans to reduce journey times between Oxford and Cambridge by 40 minutes via the creation of a new Expressway between the M40 at Oxford and the M1 at Milton Keynes are currently being developed, with passionate individuals on both sides of the debate on whether it will help or hinder the surrounding areas. More...

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17 janvier 2020

Why do so many academics struggle to understand the politics of modern Britain?

Two years ago, I wrote about the apparent inability of academics – not least political studies experts – to predict election results: in a Political Studies Association survey in 2016, almost 9 out of 10 predicted a Remain victory. More...

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17 janvier 2020

The official forecast of student numbers that is so often wrong, it’s nicknamed ‘the hedgehog’

The august Office for Budget Responsibility is crucial to economic forecasting and limiting economic shocks by providing independent oversight of economic decisions. The importance of its role in policy in modern Britain is hard to exaggerate. More...

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17 janvier 2020

It could take a century to hit the latest official university access targets

The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new report on access to higher education which shows that, at the current rate of progress, it will take 96 years to hit the Office for Students’s targets for access to highly-selective universities. More...

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