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.
There is increasing acknowledgment that business and industry have an important role to play in higher education – a recognition that is shared by government, employers and universities themselves. The discourse about this has changed radically in the last decade or so. Each party has different motivations, but the dialogue…
As the financial situation that universities face looks increasingly likely to be difficult, it is all the more important that the money that is available is spent well and effectively. This is important for the good functioning of universities themselves, but it is also politically important, as politicians seek to…
Final seminar in a series of four in the House of Commons, hosted jointly by HEPI and JISC. As the financial situation that universities face looks increasingly likely to be difficult, it is all the more important that the money that is available is spent well and effectively. This is…
Third seminar in a series of four in the House of Commons, hosted jointly by HEPI and JISC. There is increasing acknowledgment that business and industry have an important role to play in higher education – a recognition that is shared by government, employers and universities themselves. The discourse about…
On many views higher education has just lived through 10 years of plenty, thanks in part to the introduction of student fees in 1998, but also because of the Government’s view of higher education as a driver of economic growth and its growing investment. Life is likely to get tougher,…
HEPI and JISC held a joint seminar on The Financing of Higher Education in the House of Commons on 24 February 2010, the second in a series of four. Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive of Universities UK, and Professor Nick Barr of the London School of Economics debated the future funding…
Richard C. Levin, the President of Yale University in the USA, will be visiting the UK to deliver HEPI’s seventh Annual Lecture on 1 February 2010. His topic is “The rise of Asia’s universities”. This event is by invitation only; please contact us ([email protected]) to receive an invitation to the…
For members of HEPI’s university partnership only – HEPI runs regular policy briefing seminars to update members of the governing body on developments in higher education policy. If your institution is interested in becoming a member of the partnership programme, please visit our Working With HEPI section for information on…
“The rise of Asia’s universities” was the title of HEPI’s Seventh Annual Lecture, given at the Royal Society in London by Richard C. Levin, the President of Yale University, who reflected on the ambitions of Asian nations to create new and world-class universities, and the implications of this expansion.
Higher education in this country has an international reputation for high standards and excellent quality, in part sustained by the quality assurance arrangements that have been in place in one form or another for the past two decades. However, some of the pillars that have provided the basis for confidence…