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Delighted to be involved in this with the wonderful Tessa Harrison from GatenbySanderson. Key stats: ➡️Half of vice-chancellors were recruited since 2022 ➡️Most already held a top role at a HE institution ➡️But those with backgrounds OUTSIDE HE do best in league tables Read it below:

Good coverage of our new report with GatenbySanderson here:

Thanks Nick Hillman Josh Freeman Higher Education Policy Institute for sharing my reflections on the UK’s international education strategy — our past and possible future. Given events this week in 🇺🇸 it feels even more timely and increasingly political. Sharing with friends who might be interested.

New Post: Securing the Future: The case for Pension Reform in Post-92 Institutions buff.ly/RbRMAGV

#HEPIAC25 Follow HEPI's Annual Conference 2025 on ‘Before, During, After: The route through higher education in changing times’. Amazing speakers lined up! Higher Education Policy Institute

I've penned a Higher Education Policy Institute debate paper alongside my new colleague Andrê Spicer City St George's, University of London on the conundrum facing UK universities and some options for getting out of it for governors, exec teams and governments. Give it a read 👇🏻

Great to see my colleague Josh Freeman’s paper about the encampments on UK campuses continuing to generate thoughtful debate and conversation: srheblog.com Rob Cuthbert

Katherine Stiles I really love Josh Freeman thoughts here. It’s the thinking that is the hard and messy bit, where the change happens inside us. That’s the outcome, the essay is the byproduct. Years later it will also be the thing that remains and can be applied again.

The stage is set, the Student Academic Experience Survey has been drafted and the AC is on - see you soon for #HEPIAC25!

HEPI Chair Professor Dame Sally Mapstone opens #HEPIAC25 by noting the transformation in the 'traditional student experience' - and highlights the importance of UUK's Efficiency Taskforce

Earlier we heard from another of our sponsors, Cheryl Watson, VP Education UK TechnologyOne, on how institutions can build stronger relationships with their students using digital systems.

Thanks to our whole panel on the applicant experience - Jenny Shaw from #HEPIAC25 sponsor Unite Students, Prof Nic Beech University of Salford and Cath Sezen Association of Colleges (AoC)

LIVE: Susan Lapworth The Office for Students (OfS) confirms the pause on registering new providers WILL end and registration will resume this August as planned #HEPIAC25

In our latest piece with Higher Education Policy Institute, Gary Gillon, Alan Martin & I discuss graduate apprenticeships & both their entrepreneurial & intrapreneurial outcomes for the HE sector & industry. UWS UWS School of Business & Creative Industries Transformative Enterprise Research Group (UWS) Josh Freeman Nick Hillman

For International Women in Engineering Day, an important piece on the Higher Education Policy Institute blog and well worth a read this morning.

We’re sorry to be losing Josh, who has been a fabulous colleague. Come and join the team in his place?

Nick Hillman Warmest congratulations to Josh Freeman on a new chapter and thank you for all you’ve done Higher Education Policy Institute — fantastic work. 👏🏻 Hope now another able person will take up that role in the tradition of talented staff at HEPI making it the fair and trusted think tank it is.

Don’t believe the hype: the Government and state school admissions to Oxford University - HEPI hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/09/don…

And that's a wrap! After two years as Policy Manager, I've worked my very last hour on Higher Education Policy Institute dime. Off to The Office for Students (OfS) but not before a much-needed rest!