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.
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 made generative AI freely available to every student and, since then, the availability, breadth and capabilities of AI tools have rapidly expanded, becoming ever more sophisticated. The speed of these developments has led both students and higher education institutions to take new approaches…
***A recording of the webinar can be found below*** As the cost-of-living crisis makes student life more challenging, it is vital to understand what financial challenges mean for students and how to respond. Current levels of maintenance support are not based on what students really need. This means many students…
We held a pre-embargo press briefing to update the media on the findings from the Student Minimum Income Standard.
Generative AI has transformed students’ learning experience and expectations, creating opportunities for the teaching and learning environment to be more inclusive, accessible, engaging and personalised. But as developments continue to move apace, how important is it to maintain a human-led process, to ensure that quality is high, and the experience…
Following the recent HEPI collection of essays on different options for funding education, HEPI and King’s College London are brining together the authors with policymakers to discuss the issues in more detail. By invitation.
HEPI and TechnologyOne are hosting a joint dinner on the evening of Wednesday 24 April 2024 in central London, to discuss their forthcoming report A Minimum Income Standard for Students. Please note this event is invitation only.
On Wednesday 20 March 2024, HEPI and Advance HE host their second in-person seminar of the 2024 series at the Houses of Parliament, looking ahead to the forthcoming general election. It is over 25 years since the UK shifted decisively from right to left at a general election, but the…
On Wednesday 13 March 2024, HEPI is hosting a roundtable dinner looking at new research from Elsevier on the priorities of funding body heads and vice-chancellors around the world, to consider both ‘what keeps them awake at night’ as well as how the results of the research resonate in the…
‘How do higher education institutions balance financial sustainability with their net-zero commitments’? On Thursday 7 March 2024, HEPI and Lloyds Bank are hosting a roundtable dinner in Leeds. HEPI and Lloyds Bank have jointly run a series of dinners looking at issues relating to sustainability and the role HE plays…