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.
At the next HEPI Partner Dinner Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive at the Office for Students, will provide the introductory talk to kick-start the discussion around the table, with the focus of discussion on the new higher education landscape. The evening will be chaired by Professor Sir Ivor Crewe, HEPI’s Chair…
HEPI is running two debates at the University of Buckingham’s 2018 Festival of Higher Education, established by Sir Anthony Seldon. The first debate, taking place on Wednesday 13 June 2018, will look at the topic “This House believes that academic selection is wrong at 11 and still wrong at 18.” The second…
The 2018 HEPI Annual Conference took place on 7 June 2018. Highlights included keynotes by the Universities Minister, Sam Gyimah, and the Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, Lord Mandelson, and the launch of the 2018 HEPI / Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey with an exclusive presentation on the key…
On Thursday 10th May, HEPI and the social mobility charity, Brightside, will hold a roundtable lunch at the British Academy, to launch a new report titled Reaching the parts of society universities have missed: A manifesto for the new Director of Fair Access and Participation. At the roundtable there will be…
The third in a new series of HEPI roundtable dinners, developed in partnership with PwC, exploring the key strategic challenges for the HE sector and individual institutions. To be held at PwC’s office in London, the focus of the discussion will be on ‘What will success look like for universities…
The third in a new series of HEPI roundtable dinners, developed in partnership with PwC, exploring the key strategic challenges for the HE sector and individual institutions. To be held at PwC’s office in London, the focus of the discussion will be on ‘What will success look like for universities…
Each year, HEPI organises a day on higher education policy developments exclusively for our HEPI Partner organisations, which provides an opportunity for colleagues within our partner institutions to discuss the key issues that dominate the HE agenda, with the HEPI team and guest speakers providing expert policy advice and guidance.…
Our higher education institutions share a commitment to equality and diversity. In theory, this means they are united in their aim to create a balanced and inclusive culture, in which everyone, staff and students, feels valued irrespective of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or ability. The latest HEPI / HEA Student…
The second in a new series of HEPI roundtable dinners, developed in partnership with PwC, exploring the key strategic challenges for the HE sector and individual institutions. To be held at PwC’s office in Birmingham, the focus of the discussion is “Universities in the 4th Industrial Revolution: how will technology…
As the UK faces up to a future outside the European Union, our universities could have a pivotal role in defining the country’s future. But how can this be delivered? Should they focus on local, national or international priorities – or try to deliver all three? And how can institutions…