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Student maintenance loans almost entirely used up by rent, report warns

Student maintenance loans almost entirely used up by rent, report warns
Oct 25,2023 8:31 pm

... " Nick Hillman, director of Hepi said: " Compared to years gone by, we are now at a crisis point...

University of Bradford tops list for social mobility for third year

University of Bradford tops list for social mobility for third year
Oct 18,2023 9:51 pm

... Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, said league tables could be controversial but it was important to look at ones which use different metrics...

Student finance: Remote learners left out of lifelong loan plans

Student finance: Remote learners left out of lifelong loan plans
Mar 6,2023 9:30 pm

... Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute think tank, said the loans would " help open up education" but that factors such as might continue to prevent some people from taking up studying...

Graduates in England facing tax rise by stealth, says IFS

Graduates in England facing tax rise by stealth, says IFS
Jan 29,2022 5:18 pm

... Nick Hillman, director at the think tank, the Higher Education Policy Institute, said: " Few students or recent graduates will welcome this announcement but it is sensible because the current system has become out of kilter, with taxpayers paying much more than originally planned...

More students say that University is not value for money

More students say that University is not value for money
Jun 11,2020 3:22 am

... The survey was said by the Higher Education Policy Institute and its Director Nick Hillman, the survey showed that, with the disruption to studies and fears about the future labour market a lot of students are worried about their own life ...

University admissions could emergency facial controls

University admissions could emergency facial controls
Apr 18,2020 6:03 pm

... Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said: The crisis is almost caps is always the catalyst for the return of the students...

To stop Grade inflation in the top-degree steps

To stop Grade inflation in the top-degree steps
Feb 16,2020 10:10 am

... Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, suggested that the Stagnation in the top-grades reflects the pressure on the universities...

Students more likely to vote tactically on Brexit

Students more likely to vote tactically on Brexit
Feb 16,2020 7:55 am

... Hepi director Nick Hillman says for many students it would be full-on tactical voting because of Brexit ...

To stop Grade inflation" in the top-degree steps

Feb 16,2020 7:26 am

, The strong increase of students in the UK-top-always-to have degrees of qualities seems to have stalled, according to the annual official figures.

It Follows warnings by the competent Minister of the need to prevent "Grade Inflation ," the devaluation of degrees.

The latest figures show that 28% of the students received first class degrees in 2018-19 - the same as in the previous year.

England, the Higher Education watchdog, The Office for students, had attacked "unexplained" increases in the top notes.

Nicola Dandridge , chief executive, Office for students (OFS), said that showed the latest figures, an end to successive increases in the first class degrees every year since 2011.

Over the years, the proportion of students from the first risen from 80%.

"Grade Inflation undermine the public's confidence in Higher Education for students, graduates and employers alike," said MS Dandridge.

The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (show 28% of the candidates first class degree, 48% of the top of the second, 19% lower second, and 4%, the third-class have been awarded - all of these are the same as in the previous year.

education Secretary Gavin Williamson said, to protect that Grade Inflation "so we had to stop us," The Reputation of British universities.

"We will reverse this trend," he said, warning, it's the confidence of the public in the "what would mean the notes".

Nick Hillman , Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, suggested that the Stagnation in the top-grades reflects the pressure on the universities.

"such As universities with their own degrees, and in spite of the external audit arrangements, the decisions, how many of the top marks will be awarded on an institutional Level , institutions can not ignore the said outside interests," Mr Hillman.

"Higher Education is in fact go through the same cycle, A-levels, went through, with a lot of inflation, followed by a time of reflection. "

The Number of students in Higher Education is also at a record height of 2. 38 million Euro of around 40,000 on the previous year.

The Number of female students has continued to climb faster than Men , with 57% of students are female, in 2018-19.

It means that there are about 340,000 more women in Higher Education than Men .

In terms of ethnicity among British students, the largest increase in the last few years, Asian students, with figures of 20% for 2014-15.

The Number of black students has increased by 17% over the years, But for white students, the numbers are below where they stood five years ago.

think of The Reform, thank, said the figures were "terrible" in terms of widening access to University for disadvantaged young people.

"Only 12% of the students came from came from a low Level of participation of the city in 2018-19 - the same ratio as in 2014-15," said researcher Imogen Farhan.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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