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 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…
The Government has made a new Teaching Excellence Framework one of its core higher education policies. There is also a renewed focus on the employability of recent graduates and the all-round student experience. Yet maintaining and enhancing the reputation of UK research remains a key priority too. This seminar will…
The last six months in higher education have been dominated by discussion about teaching quality and the proposed Teaching Excellence Framework. With the Green Paper now in the public domain, this event presents an opportunity to reflect on those discussions. What recommendations would you make to the Minister? What should…
On the evening of Monday 7th December 2015, HEPI held a roundtable dinner at the Royal Society in partnership with BPP University. The focus of the discussion was the graduate labour market with guest speakers Peter Cheese, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Ben…
On the evening of Wednesday, 2nd December 2015, HEPI held a roundtable dinner with Les Ebdon, Director of Fair Access, who spoke about the proposals in the recent higher education green paper and responded to the general discussion that followed. The evening was chaired by Professor Sir Ivor Crewe, HEPI’s Chair of…