In the news: Bahram Bekhradnia
As director of policy at the English funding council, Bahram Bekhradnia this week appeared in front of the Commons select committee on science as part of its inquiry into the research assessment...
As director of policy at the English funding council, Bahram Bekhradnia this week appeared in front of the Commons select committee on science as part of its inquiry into the research assessment...
Clear sight essential, thick skin an advantage: Hepi’s outgoing director looks back on 11 years of scrutiny on the sector’s behalf. John Morgan writes
Clear sight essential, thick skin an advantage: Hepi’s outgoing director looks back on 11 years of scrutiny on the sector’s behalf
If the funding council can’t find a leader with the stature to stand up to ministers, everyone will suffer, argues Bahram Bekhradnia
Changing current students’ debt repayment terms would damage public faith in government, say John Thompson and Bahram Bekhradnia
Attempts to impose the IHRA definition have prompted the formulation of an alternative that respects academic freedom, says Bahram Bekhradnia
Gillian Evans makes some interesting observations in relation to the Higher Education Policy Institute report on regulation I wrote with Roger Brown (“Hepi hits the buffer”, Letters, 14 November)....
In Bahram Bekhradnia’s argument for making higher education less dependent on the market and instead providing more financial support through taxpayers (“Step back to look ahead”, Opinion, 15 January...
Hepi report warns that surge in youth population and higher participation will add to government’s funding headache in England
The value added by a university matters more than how much its graduates earn, says Bahram Bekhradnia
"Red alert" ( September), your feature on the cost of the government's policies for financing higher education, gives an excellent and balanced account of the issues. It shows why we should all be...
Appearing before the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee can be a bruising business, and senior figures in the higher education policy world were taking no chances when they were...
When the government introduced new policies for higher education fees, it ignored warnings that repayment rates would be much lower than it had claimed. Now that it has acknowledged those lower...
Higher education guru Lord Dearing has been appointed chair of the trustees of a think-tank being set up by the English funding council. The Higher Education Policy Institute will be headed by Bahram...
Admissions officers treat vocational school qualifications on a par with academic A levels when deciding who to admit, according to new research by the Higher Education Policy Institute. It suggests...