HEPI runs a range of events selected to maximise their effectiveness in reaching out to our target audiences and include invite-only high level seminars (such as our annual series of House of Commons breakfast seminars), conferences, one-to-one briefings, as well as set-piece events such as the HEPI Annual Lecture given by a senior international figure. Some of these events result in publications, which we also make available online.
On Thursday 11 June, HEPI will be holding it’s 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, this year’s HEPI Annual Conference will bring together senior leaders and policymakers from the sector,…
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 education agenda, with the HEPI team and guest speakers providing expert policy advice and guidance on:…
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 times across the UK, for example during the passage of Higher Education and Research Act…
The value of higher education has been fiercely debated in recent years and the Government are committed to cracking down on ‘low value’ courses. Many criticise the use of existing metrics to define value, such as graduate salaries and the Teaching Excellence Framework, but, to date, no better alternative has…
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…
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,…
Our long-running HEPI research roundtable series provides a forum for senior leaders and policymakers from across the sector to discuss the impact of research policy on UK universities. The second roundtable in the new series has been organised in partnership with the University of Sheffield to be held at the…