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.
HEPI-UPP roundtable seminar on students’ mental health with guest speakers Paul Blomfield MP, Chair of the All-Party Group on Students, and Professor Janet Beer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, at the Premier Inn, Albert Dock, Liverpool, chaired by Sonia Sodha, Chief Leader Writer, The Observer. The discussion focused on…
HEPI Roundtable Dinner on the establishment of UKRI with guest speaker David Sweeney, Director of Research, Education and Knowledge Exchange, HEFCE. Invite-only, supported by Elsevier. For further information please contact Sarah Isles, HEPI Development Director, [email protected]
With guest speaker Megan Dunn, President of the NUS and chaired by Professor Sir Ivor Crewe, HEPI Chair of Trustees 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]
Sponsored by Ellucian, Times Higher Education and UPP Group Ltd Find out the hidden secrets of admission Hear what students are really saying about their academic experience And learn about the new recruitment methods used by some of the UK’s top graduate employers As well as a Keynote Address by…
HEPI Roundtable dinner on the TEF/REF with guest speaker Lord Willetts, supported by Elsevier. Invite-only. For further information please contact Sarah Isles, HEPI Development Director, [email protected]
The 2016 Briefing Day will focus on the policymaking process as a backdrop to the expected new legislation on higher education and will include panel sessions with politicians, media specialists and policy experts. Speakers include Gordon Marsden MP, the Labour Shadow Spokesperson for HE & FE; Gordon McKenzie, Chief Executive,…
HEPI House of Commons Breakfast Seminar in partnership with London South Bank University Universities and employers have a long-standing key role in delivering professional and technical education that is too often forgotten by policymakers. Around 10% of university students are sponsored by employers and Employer Sponsored Degrees are an important…
The School of Allied Health Sciences at De Montfort University is hosting a seminar by the HEPI President, Bahram Bekhradnia, on ‘The Government’s higher education reforms – the next instalment’, on Wednesday, 16th March from 2pm. For full information, see here.
As a country, we have been unable even to agree a term to describe new higher education providers. Are they ‘private colleges’ that have little to do with the rest of higher education? Are they ‘alternative providers’ that offer similar-but-different competition? Or are they ‘challenger institutions’ disrupting the whole sector?…
The forthcoming referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union could have deep consequences for universities. Higher education sector bodies have said the European question is currently the single most important issue. A vote to leave the EU could reduce research collaboration, introduce barriers for EU students coming to…