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Nick Hillman

  • Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Freelance
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New HEPI Report: A school league table for language provision

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By Nick Hillman
| hepi.ac.uk
Author: Nick Hillman OBE Published: 1 July 2026 Language learning in England is in steep decline – but a small number of schools are bucking the trend. New analysis shines a spotlight on the institutions that continue to prioritise modern languages, while warning that recent policy changes risk accelerating the erosion of language provision across the country.
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How is the higher education sector faring at the end of 2025/26 (And what 10 points does Andy Burnham need to know about it?)

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By Nick Hillman
| hepi.ac.uk
This blog was authored by Nick Hillman, CEO of HEPI. The piece is a revised version of a report written originally to inform Council members at the University of Buckingham for a strategic away day. As a Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper appeared in October 2025, it might be expected that the English tertiary education sector would be talking now about nothing other than implementation of a clear set of official proposals.
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How should universities respond to cuts in teaching, demographic decline and greater competition? (And what should vice-chancellors read on the beach this summer?)

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By Nick Hillman
| hepi.ac.uk
Review by Nick Hillman, HEPI’s CEO, of Capitalizing on College: How higher education went from mission driven to market obsessed (2025) by Joshua Travis Brown Having finally finished reading it yesterday evening, I have come to the conclusion that the one book every vice-chancellor, aspiring vice-chancellor and chair of council should read on the beach this summer is Capitalizing on College: How higher education went from mission driven to market obsessed by Joshua Travis Brown.
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