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 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.
‘Is there still a UK-wide higher education sector?’ On Tuesday, 2 May 2017, HEPI and Unite Students hosted a roundtable dinner to consider the current status of the UK higher education sector and how the four parts of the UK have implemented different policies. Held at the Blythswood Hotel in central…
Each year, HEPI organises a day on higher education policy developments for our HEPI Partner organisations. With 2017 signalling a period of profound change both within and outside the sector, this year’s Briefing Day will look at: The bigger picture – what are the risks and opportunities for the sector…
On Wednesday, 29 March 2017, HEPI and Firetail hosted a roundtable dinner at the House of St Barnabus, London, W1, on how universities can best plan for the future. Chaired by Nick Hillman, HEPI Director, with guest speaker Professor Sir David Eastwood, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Birmingham…
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…
The challenges facing higher education in 2017 are greater than ever before. There are competitive challenges from abroad, particularly from Asia. The Government is fundamentally changing the regulation of higher education. The UK’s position in the world is changing, underlined by the vote to leave the European Union, and the…
One common response in the higher education sector to the EU referendum result has been to ask whether universities have lost their connection with wider society. Vice chancellors, academics and students were all significantly more likely to vote in favour of the UK remaining within the EU than the rest…