This blog was kindly contributed by Mary Curnock Cook, a HEPI Advisory Board member and Chair of Council for the Dyson Institute. I often reflect that today’s youngsters are courageous and articulate and funny and breathtakingly clever in ways that my generation just wasn’t. Perhaps the distance in years has…
Please note that due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, this event had to be cancelled. On Thursday 11 June, HEPI will be holding its Annual Conference at the National Gallery, London. As well as the launch of the findings from the 2020 HEPI / Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey,…
Please note that due to the current Covid-19 crisis, this event has had to be cancelled. Hosted by London Metropolitan University, the 2020 HEPI University Partners’ Policy Briefing Day provides an opportunity for colleagues within our partner institutions to come together to discuss the key issues that dominate the higher…
This blog is by Riddi Viswanathan, a graduate entrepreneur leading Generation Purple, which aims to enhance diversity in graduate recruitment through gaming technology. As a graduate entrepreneur who has recently entered the digital technology sector, I am thrilled by the opportunities on offer, especially for international students like me with…
On Tuesday 17 December 2019, HEPI hosted a dinner looking at how universities will need to position themselves after the 2019 general election and Brexit, with opening remarks from Lucian Hudson (former Director of Communications at the University of Oxford), chaired by Nick Hillman, HEPI Director.
This HEPI roundtable dinner, hosted in partnership with Research England, provided a forum for senior leaders and policymakers from across the sector to discuss a range of key issues relating to future uncertainty in research funding including: What contingencies are universities and policymakers considering at this time? Can universities afford…
On Monday 25 November 2019, HEPI hosted a roundtable dinner for its partner organisations, with a senior representative from the Office for Students and chaired by Sir Ivor Crewe, Master of University College, Oxford. The HEPI Partner Dinners are invite-only and organised exclusively for our HEPI Partners. For further information,…
Please note that due to the current Covid-19 crisis, this event had to be cancelled. On Wednesday 25 March 2020, HEPI and Advance HE host the third seminar in the 2020 series of parliamentary breakfast seminars. Safeguarding the autonomy of the sector has been a key political battle in recent…
On 26 February 2020, HEPI and Advance HE will host the second in the 2020 series of parliamentary breakfast seminars. In a new era of regulation, and with the higher education sector facing unprecedented political scrutiny, there is mounting pressure for university governance to be more robust and effective. Have we…
On Thursday 30 January 2020, HEPI and Advance HE will be hosting the first in the new series of the 2020 HEPI / Advance HE breakfast seminars at the House of Commons. Although the turbulent political times that the UK is experiencing – along with significant global upheaval – can…