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.
***UPDATE*** A recording of the webinar is now available below: Many university activities are widely celebrated, such as developing a vaccine for COVID-19 or educating nurses. Despite this, universities largely receive a negative coverage in the UK media. This includes regular coverage of: ‘mickey mouse degrees’, high executive salaries, snow…
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…
***Click below to hear an audio recording of this session*** In March 2021, HEPI published a Debate Paper by Professor David Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor at London South Bank University, which ranked English universities in a new English Social Mobility Index. The Index takes into account both the social distance travelled by…
***UPDATE*** A recording of the webinar is now available below: HEPI and Advance HE are delighted to announce a series of webinars being held in place of the usual HEPI / Advance HE Parliamentary Breakfast Seminar series. The third webinar in the series focuses on equality. In recent years progress…
***UPDATE*** A recording of the webinar can now be viewed below: HEPI and Advance HE are delighted to announce a series of webinars being held in place of the usual HEPI / Advance HE Parliamentary Breakfast Seminar series. In the second webinar of the series, HEPI and Advance HE consider…
***UPDATE*** A recording of the webinar can now be viewed below: HEPI and Advance HE are delighted to announce a series of webinars being held in place of the usual HEPI / Advance HE Parliamentary Breakfast Seminar series. Following the format of the popular television show, the first webinar will…
***UPDATE*** A recording of the webinar is available here: More than ten years since the raising of tuition fees was announced in England, the topic of student funding remains hotly debated across the UK. For example, the Westminster Government is still due to respond to the Augar report and higher education…
**UPDATE** A recording of the webinar can now be viewed below: HEPI’s final webinar before the 2020 Christmas break is a little different to all the others we have run this year. On Wednesday 16 December, we are hosting a balloon debate on the right age for academic selection, with…
On Wednesday, 9 December 2020, HEPI and the QAA held a private online roundtable discussion on Flexible learning: the opportunities and challenges for higher education and the student experience. The increasing number of flexible learning pathways in higher education, and the growing demand for alternative modes of delivery, present the…
Watch a joint HEPI / European Universities Consortium panel discussion, originally hosted on Monday, 7 December 2020, with speakers from Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Switzerland and chaired by HEPI Director Nick Hillman, which considered why more British students are opting to study elsewhere in Europe.