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.
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…
Our higher education institutions share a commitment to equality and diversity. In theory, this means they are united in their aim to create a balanced and inclusive culture, in which everyone, staff and students, feels valued irrespective of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or ability. The latest HEPI / HEA Student…
The Higher Education Policy Institute is working in partnership with Unite Students (http://www.unitestudents.com/) on the first major survey of the views of applicants to higher education. Students are regularly asked for their opinions, but there are far fewer robust and public sources of intelligence on the views of applicants, which…
“There is a role for the profit motive in higher education” Speakers include: Sally Hunt, General Secretary, University and College Union (UCU) Pam Tatlow, Chief Executive, MillionPlus, The Association for Modern Universities Paul Kirkham, Chief Executive, Institute of Contemporary Music Performance Richard Simmons, CBE, BPP University For further details…
“Is it time to call time on university rankings?” Speakers include: Bahram Bekhradnia, HEPI President and author of HEPI Report 89 International university rankings: For good or ill? Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor, University of Middlesex John O’Leary, Editor, The Times Good University Guide Johnny Rich, U-Multirank For further details please contact…
With guest speaker Tim Melville-Ross, Chair of HEFCE. The HEPI Partner dinners are invite-only and organised exclusively for our HEPI Partners. For further information please contact Sarah Isles, HEPI Development Director, [email protected]
On Tuesday 20 June 2017, HEPI and UPP Foundation will be hosting a roundtable lunch on the topic of higher education and the labour market, with the Royal Society of Art’s Chief Executive, Matthew Taylor as the guest speaker. Matthew Taylor is currently leading the Government’s review of modern employment…
With the wave of change disrupting universities at the moment designed to make institutions more responsive to their students, the HEPI Annual Conference brings together senior leaders and policymakers from across the sector to consider the challenge of how to create a university for students: What does a university for students…
On Thursday 18 May 2017, HEPI and Elsevier will be hosting a roundtable dinner at the Royal Society in central London on the theme of gender in the global research landscape. The guest speaker will be Professor Anthony Finkelstein, Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security to the Government. Invite-only. For…
On Tuesday, 8th May 2017 HEPI and the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) will host a roundtable dinner on academic standards in the US and the UK, with guest speaker Dr Judith Eaton, President of the US Council of Higher Education Accreditation, chaired by Nick Hillman.