Events

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.

31 Jan 2019

2019 HEPI / Advance HE Parliamentary Breakfast Seminar: Boom or bust? How can institutions – and the regulator – best respond to the new market pressures in HE?

Uncertainty has become a fact of life for HE institutions, with the policy environment in which they operate remaining in a state of flux and the impact of demographics and Brexit focusing minds on the best strategies to navigate the (perfect) storm ahead. In the newly developing and highly competitive market…
27 Nov 2018

2018 HEPI Annual Lecture by Professor Ihron Rensburg, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg

HEPI’s Annual Lecture 2018 was delivered on Tuesday, 27th November by Professor Ihron Rensburg, former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg (2006 – 2017). Professor Rensburg spoke of ‘Global Africa: Nelson Mandela and the Meaning of Decolonizing Knowledge and Universities – Problems and Opportunities’. The event was chaired by…
22 Nov 2018

Launch of ‘Fairer Funding: the case for a graduate levy’ (HEPI Policy Note 10)

This roundtable lunch offered a pre-embargo discussion of Policy Note 10 Fairer Funding: the case for a graduate levy. Report author Johnny Rich gave the opening talk followed by a roundtable discussion.
19 Nov 2018

HEPI Partner Roundtable Dinner, 19 November 2018

On Monday, 19 November 2018 HEPI will be hosting a roundtable dinner for its partner organisations. We are pleased to welcome two speakers; Dame Helen Wallace, HEPI Trustee and Dr Thomas Jørgensen from the European University Association. The HEPI Partner Dinners are invite-only and organised exclusively for our HEPI Partners.…
15 Nov 2018

HEPI / PwC Roundtable on Value for Students

This event was the launch of a series around value in higher education organised by HEPI with the support of PwC. The guest speakers were Professor Sir David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birmingham and Jim Dickinson, the former Chief of Staff at the UEA Students’ Union and co-author of the new report Where do student…
30 Oct 2018

HEPI / GuildHE Roundtable Specialist institutions and the HE policy challenge: ensuring Westminster and Whitehall understand their policy needs

HEPI roundtable lunch organised in partnership with GuildHE focusing on the policy challenges specifically facing specialist institutions in the new regulatory landscape for higher education, hosted by Ravensbourne University London on Tuesday 30th October (12pm to 2.15pm) Policymakers typically lavish praise on specialist institutions, which they tend to portray as…
29 Oct 2018

HEPI/Elsevier Roundtable The challenge of the REF, KEF and TEF for early career researchers

HEPI Roundtable Dinner supported by Elsevier with guest speaker Professor James Wilsdon, Professor of Research Policy, Department of Politics, and Director of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield.
2 Oct 2018

HEPI / UPP Roundtable at the Conservative Party Conference 2018

On Tuesday, 2nd October 2018, HEPI and UPP co-hosted a roundtable seminar on Improving student retention: How can UK universities create ‘sticky campuses’? at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. The speakers included Neil Carmichael, former Chair of the Education Select Committee, and Professor Robert Allison, Vice-Chancellor at Loughborough University. The event was…
24 Sep 2018

HEPI / UPP Roundtable at the Labour Party Conference 2018

On Monday, 24th September, HEPI and UPP co-hosted a roundtable seminar on Improving student retention: How can UK universities create ‘sticky campuses’? at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. The speakers included Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, Shadow Planning Minister and Chair of the APPG for Universities, and Professor Mark E. Smith,…
18 Sep 2018

HEPI / Centre for Education Economics Roundtable Lunch: ‘Senior Executive Pay in Education’

On Thursday 18 September 2018 HEPI and the Centre for Education Economics will be hosting a roundtable lunch on the topic of senior executive pay in education. Education, even when not directly paid for by taxpayer money, is an area where according to common discourse executive pay should not exceed…