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.
***UPDATE: A recording of the webinar is available below*** On Wednesday 26 April 2023, HEPI and Advance HE will host the third and final session in a series of breakfast seminars, the third of which will be held online. This webinar will look at the teaching and learning agenda. With…
How far can technology address the higher education sector’s biggest challenges? While the UK higher education sector still punches well above its weight in terms of its world-class reputation, it faces considerable challenges including funding shortages, low staff morale, student expectations and a delicate policy environment. This HEPI roundtable, supported…
The Government wants to cement the UK’s place as a ‘science and technology superpower’, while encouraging more people to take degrees in STEM subjects. Given this focus, with insufficient mention of the role that arts and culture can play in the society of tomorrow, are the humanities in crisis? And…
At this even organised by Midlands Innovation, NCUB, UUK and Henham Strategy, the recent HEPI report The role of universities in driving overseas investment into UK R&D will be discussed. This event will feature George Freeman MP (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation), Lord Johnson (Minister for Investment), Dr Alexis Brown…
On Thursday, 30 March 2023, the UPP Foundation and HEPI hosted a hybrid seminar to discuss the themes and outcomes of the recent report ‘Public Attitudes to Higher Education in England‘. The seminar discussed the key themes and outcomes of the recently published HEPI / UPP Foundation Public Attitudes survey…
On Tuesday 28 March 2023, HEPI and Advance HE hosted the second in a series of 2023 seminars at the Houses of Parliament on the international nature of higher education. With guest speakers: Jamie Arrowsmith, Director, Universities UK International (UUKi) Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford Maddalaine Ansell, Director…
On Thursday 16 March 2023, HEPI, with support from Lloyds Bank, is hosting a roundtable dinner in London on how the higher education sector should lead on tackling the climate emergency, with guest speaker Richard Jackson, Director of Sustainability at UCL. Please note this is an invitation-only event. For further…
On Tuesday 14 March 2023, HEPI and London Higher are launching Living and Learning in London: What the 2022 HEPI / Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey tells us about student life in the capital. The report is a joint publication by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), and is…
Is higher education fit for the future? ***ANDREAS SCHLEICHER’S SLIDES AND AN AUDIO RECORDING ARE NOW AVAILABLE BELOW*** The 2023 HEPI Annual Lecture was delivered on the evening of Tuesday, 7 March 2023 by Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the OECD, Paris. It can be heard here:…
Please note, this event is not organised by HEPI but we are publicising it because Graeme chaired HEPI successfully until 2014. On Monday 6th March 2023 at 1.00 pm, a Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Professor Sir Graeme Davies FREng CEng FIMMM FRSNZ will be held…