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.
‘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…
HEPI, in partnership with Ellucian, held a roundtable dinner at The Landmark Hotel, London, NW1, on the potential impact of Brexit on higher education recruitment. Focusing on the impact on recruitment of students from both home and overseas, the dinner welcomed guest speaker Dr Gavan Conlon, Partner at London Economics.…
Universities deliver good teaching and high-quality research. The relationship between the two is symbiotic. Yet the Higher Education and Research Bill arguably drives a new wedge between them by abolishing HEFCE and leaving the new Office for Students with no clear research responsibilities. A recent HEPI report (HEPI Occasional Paper…
Panel debate followed by a drinks reception A panel discussion co-hosted by Nik Miller, Director of the Bridge Group, and Nick Hillman, HEPI Director, with guest speakers: The Rt Hon Alan Milburn, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission Dr Vikki Boliver, Reader in Social Policy, University of Durham Omar Shan,…
The 2016 HEPI Annual Lecture was delivered on the evening of Thursday 8th December by Dr Martha J. Kanter, former US Under-Secretary of Education in President Barack Obama’s first administration (2009-13) and now Executive Director of the College Promise Campaign and Senior Fellow, New York University’s Steinhardt Institute of Higher Education Policy.…