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A commentator examines how the financial pressures in UK higher education mean institutional failure is no longer hypothetical, discussing staffing decisions and sector vulnerabilities revealed by the recent crisis.
Authors from Liverpool Hope University argue that what central government measures determines what it funds, offering a smaller university perspective on the regional growth debate and implications for local higher education.
A Higher Education Policy Institute blog discusses developing technical skills teaching amid early educational reforms under Andy Burnham’s government, arguing for change in approaches to vocational and technical education.
HEPI highlights the hidden costs of falling international student numbers for UK higher education, signalling potential financial and institutional impacts and promoting related party conference events.
HEPI is hosting party‑conference events examining how a proposed social media ban could affect higher education, with sessions at Labour in Liverpool (28 Sept) and Conservative in Birmingham (5 Oct).
Professor Alan Smithers argues universities face a choice between responding to student demand for specialised A-level subjects and preserving a broad curriculum, outlining tensions for admissions and curriculum design as qualification patterns shift.
Authors Deba Bardhan Correia and Chris Payne discuss how students’ perceptions of higher education value should shape debates about degree pricing amid changing labour market and institutional pressures.
Dr John Milliken argues universities are not short of opportunities to serve students, employers and regions but routinely fail to capture them because of problems in the ‘flow’ between institutional capacity, employer engagement and student progression.
HEPI director Nick Hillman reflects on mentions of higher education in three recent biographies — of Kemi Badenoch, Katrina O’Sullivan and Nicola Sturgeon — drawing informal insights about universities and policy from his holiday reading.