Bonus episode: What we know about the Class of 2024

In July, Unite Students launched the 2024 Applicant Index: an in-depth look at the needs and concerns of this year’s university applicants.

We recorded an episode about the findings at the time – now, as these applicants take up their places at university, we’re sharing our full interview with Nick Hillman, Director at the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) to give you even more insights into your first-year students.

Host Jenny Shaw and Nick get into topics including:

• Trends we’re seeing across three years of Applicant Index data
• How this year’s applicants feel about finance
• The impact of socioeconomic disparity on applicant confidence
• The future of Higher Education

Accommodation Matters brings together sector experts to discuss the Higher Education sector’s key issues through the lens of student accommodation. This episode was recorded on 19^th July 2024 and produced by Ed Palmer.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are the personal views of individual guest speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Unite Students and/or Unite Group plc.

 

Resources

You can download the reports mentioned in this episode from Unite Students’ website, including:

• Applicant Index 2024 [July 2024]
• Living Black at University [February 2022]

You can download the latest HEPI/Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey from HEPI’s website. [June 2024]

You can watch the HEPI/Unite Students launch day webinar on the Applicant Index on YouTube. [July 2024]

On 17^th October, we’re recording our first ever live episode of Accommodation Matters at the GSL Live conference! If you’d like to join us, you can get tickets from the GSL Live website – we’d love to see you there.