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Universities Produce Talent. Economies Produce Returns.
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (163+ words) This blog was kindly authored by Professor Faten Ghosn and Professor Silke Paulmann, both of the University of Essex. Britain’s debate about universities has become strangely one-sided. We scrutinise the supply of graduate skills – what universities teach, whether degrees pay,…...
WEEKEND READING: The??265 billion illusion: part two
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (220+ words) This blog was kindly authored by Paul Marshall, a former director of Pragmatix Advisory. Part one of this series argued that standard university economic impact assessments measure scale rather than distribution: they tell us how much economic activity is associated…...
Five things I???ve learned from five young men applying to university this year
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (197+ words) This blog was kindly authored by Lucy Haire, Director of Sector Engagement at UPP, writing in a personal capacity. I’ve recorded this simply as a reflection of how I experienced the application process as a parent and trusted confidante to…...
Equity or equality? Universities need to say which and what it means
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (315+ words) This blog is kindly authored by Dr Fatema S. Alhalwachi, Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck, University of London. Twitter/X: @dr_falhalwachi That’s a substantive claim, not a stylistic one. The Equality Act 2010 protects equality of opportunity, not equal outcomes. If ‘equity’ means allocating resources…...
Rigour and warmth are not a trade-off: academic conduct needs less policing and more care
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (109+ words) This blog was kindly authored by Dr Chelle Oldham, The Open University & University of Glasgow, University Academic Integrity Co-Lead. None of this requires new policy. It requires us to stop treating compassion and rigour as a trade-off and to build…...
WEEKEND READING: Value for money is rising??? but what do students mean by value?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (687+ words) This blog was kindly authored by Paul Gratrick, Head of Operations, Student Experience at University of Liverpool. Debt was rarely absent from my participants’ thinking, but it was often kept at the ‘back of mind’. This was not the same…...
What could the social media ban mean for higher education?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (263+ words) For those attending this year’s party conferences, join HEPI for our 2026 Party Conference ringe events, at the Labour Party Conference on Monday 28 September in Liverpool and the Conservative Party Conference on Monday 5 October in Birmingham. At both conferences, HEPI will…...