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.
“Higher Education in Europe: national systems, European programmes, global issues. Can they be reconciled?” was the title of HEPI’s fifth annual lecture, delivered at the Royal Society in London on 15 January 2008 by Professor Yves Mény, President of the European University Institute in Italy. Download the transcript or listen to…
The Government has made skills training at all levels — and vocational qualifications — a centrepiece of its education strategy. It has urged schools to provide the 16+ diploma, universities to admit and cater for students holding vocational qualifications, and both schools and universities to engage employers in developing their…
Speech given by David Eastwood of HEFCE at the Skills, Vocational Qualifications and Employer Engagement conference held on 10 October 2007.
Speech given by Deian Hopkin of London South Bank University at the Skills, Vocational Qualifications and Employer Engagement conference held on 10 October 2007.
Speech given by Anthony McClaran of UCAS at the Skills, Vocational Qualifications and Employer Engagement conference held on 10 October 2007.
Speech given by Chris Humphries of City and Guilds at the Skills, Vocational Qualifications and Employer Engagement conference held on 10 October 2007.
Speech given by Liz Reid of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust at the Skills, Vocational Qualifications and Employer Engagement conference held on 10 October 2007.
A paper which looks at the role which information about quality might play in the higher education market for undergraduates that is being created by variable fees and bursaries; by Professor Roger Brown, Vice-Chancellor, Southampton Solent University.
Professor David Eastwood’s PowerPoint presentation from the Research Funding and Assessment Beyond 2008 conference held on 21 June 2006.
Professor Michael Driscoll’s PowerPoint presentation from the Research Funding and Assessment Beyond 2008 conference held on 21 June 2006.