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Nick Hillman

  • Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Freelance
United Kingdom
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Badenoch, O’Sullivan and Sturgeon: What did my holiday reading reveal about higher ed?

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By Nick Hillman
| hepi.ac.uk
HEPI Director, Nick Hillman OBE, searches for mentions of higher education in some of his holiday reading. Having taken an early summer break this year, I have managed to read the stories of three successful and resilient women: Kemi Badenoch, Katrina O’Sullivan and Nicola Sturgeon. And as this is an entry on the HEPI blog, I have scoured their stories for what they tell us about higher education.
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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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