Each year, HEPI organises a day on higher education policy developments exclusively for our HEPI Partner organisations, to provide colleagues in the sector with expert policy advice and guidance from both the HEPI team and a range of guest speakers and an opportunity to discuss the key issues that dominate the HE agenda.
The 2021 HEPI Policy Briefing Day is to be held on Thursday 6 May, via Zoom. Topics to be covered include:
• What will be the key issues for HE through the rest of the 2020s?
• How do we solve the gender inequalities in higher education?
• What should universities do to improve their image?
Timing: 10am – 12.45pm
Agenda (subject to change)
10am – Introduction by Nick Hillman, HEPI Director
10.05am – HEPI Report Briefing: spotlight on new HEPI reports. Speakers: Rachel Hewitt, HEPI Director of Policy and Advocacy and Michael Natzler, HEPI Policy Officer
10.20am – Questions / discussion
10.30am – Policymaking in the 2020s: how is higher education policy developing now and where are we heading? Speakers: Jonathan Simons, Director and Head of the Education Practice, Public First; Natalie Bennett, Green Party Peer and former leader of the Green Party; and Stephen Bush, Political Editor, New Statesman
11am – Questions / discussion
11.15am – Gender and higher education: how do we tackle gender issues in HE, including the under-representation of young men in HE, the graduate gender pay gap and the under-representation of women as senior leaders in HE? Speakers: Osaro Otobo, Higher Education Consultant, Founder at Make Diversity Count and Deputy Chair of British Youth Council; Bahram Bekhradnia, President, HEPI; and Professor Stephanie Marshall, Vice-Principal (Education), Queen Mary University of London.
11.45am – Questions / discussion
12.00pm – Delivering the message: the public face of universities. Speakers: Rosemary Bennett, former Education Editor, The Times; Lucian Hudson, Director of Advancement and Communications, Durham University; and Chris Parr, Freelance journalist and Assistant editor (HE), Research Professional News.
12.30pm – Questions / discussion
12.45pm – Briefing ends
Please note this is an invite-only, free event for members of the HEPI University Partnership. For further information, please contact [email protected].