Hosted by London Metropolitan University, this is an invite-only event specifically for HEPI University Partner and Partner institutions. For further information please contact Sarah Isles, HEPI Development Director [email protected] Speakers included: Dr Diana Beech, Policy Adviser to the Minister of State for Universities; Iain Mansfield; Nigel Carrington, Vice-Chancellor, University of…
This event was the launch of a series around value in higher education organised by HEPI with the support of PwC. The guest speakers were Professor Sir David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birmingham and Jim Dickinson, the former Chief of Staff at the UEA Students’ Union and co-author of the new report Where do student…
HEPI and Kaplan have commissioned London Economics to produce new figures for the costs and benefits of international students in the UK. In the past, such data have not always been accepted by policymakers, especially in the Home Office, because they have ignored the costs of hosting so many international…
The first in a new series of HEPI roundtable dinners, developed in partnership with PwC, exploring the key strategic challenges for the HE sector and individual institutions. To be held at PwC’s office in Leeds, the focus of the discussion is ‘The Changing Global Environment for UK Universities’ with guest speaker Professor…
HEPI/UPP Foundation roundtable lunch with guest speaker Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne. Professor Davis will be in London to deliver the UPP Foundation Inaugural Autumn Lecture on the theme of “Dissolving the university? Will higher education follow the monasteries into ruin?”. At the roundtable lunch, Professor Davis will…
HEPI / Resolution Foundation Roundtable Lunch with guest speaker, Professor John Douglass, Senior Research Fellow – Public Policy and Higher Education at the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of California, Berkeley HEPI is working jointly with colleagues at the Resolution Foundation to host a lunchtime…
HEPI roundtable dinner, in partnership with Unite Students, to provide an embargoed preview of the key findings from the 2017 Unite Students Insights Survey, alongside a review of the 2017 HEPI / HEA Student Academic Experience Survey findings, to feed into a discussion on the key policy interventions that can…
Tuesday 19th Sept 2017 University Tuition Fees: What is a Fair Deal for Students? In partnership with the Bridge Group, HEPI convened a policy seminar to debate the future of university tuition fees. This topic has received a great deal of political and public attention over recent months, particularly following…
Universities receive hundreds of millions of pounds each year, and are key to the country’s future success. More than ever is expected of their governing bodies. With the Higher Education and Research Act now on the statute books, is it time to ask whether universities’ governance arrangements are fit for…
HEPI, in partnership with the UPP Foundation, hosted a roundtable lunch at the British Academy in central London on the topic of ‘Redesigning the higher education system to make it fit for purpose’, with guest speaker Lord (David) Willetts. The lunch brought together a range of senior leaders and policymakers from…