Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Hepi

Energy bills across Europe: What share of the cost is made up of tax?

European countries apply different tax policies to consumer energy prices. This leads to significant differences in the share of energy taxes and VAT in electricity and gas bills.

Euronews

Where the grid hits hardest: Energy distribution costs across Europe compared

The share of distribution in energy prices varies significantly across European capital cities. Euronews explores these differences in both electricity and gas bills.

Euronews

Schools told to be more ‘boy-positive’ to fix male underachievement

A dedicated Minister for Men could help address education gender gap, says report

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Schools should be ‘boy positive’ to tackle male underachievement – report

There is a risk of ‘under-educated men veering towards the political extremes’ if gender disparities are not addressed, a think tank has warned.

The Independent UK

Nearly nine in 10 university students use AI to help with studies – report

A think tank has called on institutions to urgently ‘stress test’ their assessments to check they cannot be easily completed using AI.

The Independent UK

Has Britain finally fallen out of love with university?

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As a former Tory minister hits back at critics who say degrees are no longer worth the paper they’re printed on and student numbers fall flat, Helen Coffey looks at whether going to uni has become less rite of passage and more passé for the next generation

The Independent UK

Majority of students oppose Government’s decision to raise tuition fees – poll

But the increase in maintenance support has made the move ‘more palatable’, a think tank has suggested.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Over 500K Students From Dubai, Malaysia and More Receive UK Degrees Without Entering the Country

A report by the Higher Education Policy Unit (Hepi) has revealed that well over-half a million students are awarded degrees from British institutions without having to enter the country.

International Business Times UK

Chinese students on UK campuses face ‘ethnic clustering’ and language barriers

A think tank’s report has called for universities to offer support to Chinese students facing ‘integration challenges’.

Evening Standard

Fall in overseas students accepted on undergraduate degree courses in UK

It comes as universities have warned of significant financial concerns due to a drop in international demand.

Evening Standard

Rent for student room in London up by a fifth in two years, report suggests

An ‘affordability crisis’ in the capital’s housing market was putting students in an impossible position, a housing charity boss has warned.

Evening Standard

Universities which restrict access to exam scripts ’cause students harm’

Students cannot reflect on their exam performance without seeing their marked scripts, a paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute has said.

The Independent UK

Focus on final-year exams at Oxbridge may disadvantage female students – report

The assessment system at Oxford and Cambridge could be worse for women as they tend to be more risk averse and can suffer from PMS, a report suggests.

The Independent UK

Fewer 18-year-olds from UK apply to most selective universities and courses

The number of applicants for medicine courses has fallen to the lowest point since 2020, Ucas figures show.

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Universities face ‘bleak’ future as student demand to fall after 2030 – report

There is an ‘urgent national interest argument’ for controlling the number of students that can be recruited by individual universities, a paper says.

The Guardian - UK

Students going home could put 35 Tory seats at risk in election, analysis says

Higher Education Policy Institute research suggests that holding ballot in summer break may be strategic error

The Guardian - UK

More than half of UK students working long hours in paid jobs

Lack of maintenance support is creating two-tier higher education system, say experts

The Guardian - UK

Universities must overcome ‘echo chamber’ and self-censorship, says Reading VC

Robert Van de Noort says vice-chancellors must be bold in protecting academic freedom and promoting diversity of thought

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

TechRadar

AI in education isn’t a crisis, it’s an indictment of the whole thing as a means to an end

In a new study published this week, over half of UK undergraduates are using artificial intelligence to ‘help’ write essays. Does this implicate higher education and its methods more so than students?

Evening Standard

More than half of UK undergraduates say they use AI to help with their work

One in four students use systems such as Google Bard or ChatGPT to generate topics and one in eight use them to create content

The Guardian - UK

More than half of UK undergraduates say they use AI to help with essays

Teachers also using the generative technology to aid with lesson planning, with hopes it could ease the burden of their workload

The Independent UK

New report brands student maintenance system ‘broken’ amid soaring rents

The report said the highest rents and increases are in cities with an undersupply of accommodation.

The Independent UK

More than a quarter of universities have student food banks, reveals research

The report ‘raises important questions about whether universities should themselves be the ones to plug the growing gaps in student finance’

The Independent UK

More than quarter of universities operating food banks for students – research

The report ‘raises important questions about whether universities should themselves be the ones to plug the growing gaps in student finance’.

The Independent UK

Housing shortages for university students will ‘worsen’ in some cities – charity

School leavers across the UK are preparing to start university next month after receiving their exam results.

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the University of Manchester

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

International Students

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.