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Seminars

  • 27 Apr 2010

    Fairness, Funding and Access

    by Janet Beer, Wendy Piatt, Richard Sykes, Ted Powell

    On 27 April 2010, HEPI held a joint seminar with Mills & Reeve LLP, one of our partner companies, in the House of Commons.  The topic was “Fairness, Funding and Access”, with particular regard to admissions to university and the impact of the new Equality Act 2010. The speakers’ slides and…

  • 21 Apr 2010

    Efficiency and effectiveness

    by Carl Lygo and Tim O'Shea

    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…

  • 24 Mar 2010

    Universities and employer engagement

    by Sam Laidlaw and Tim Wilson

    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…

  • 24 Feb 2010

    The financing of higher education

    by Nicola Dandridge and Nick Barr

    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…

  • 27 Jan 2010

    Quality and standards

    by Peter Williams and Roger Brown

    Transcript of the main speeches from a HEPI-JISC seminar on Quality and Standards, held in the House of Commons on 27 January 2010. Peter Williams, the ex-Chief Executive Officer from the Quality Assurance and Standards Agency, shared a platform with Professor Roger Brown from Liverpool Hope University to discuss the…

  • 21 Apr 2009

    Higher education and the student experience

    by Professor Les Ebdon, Wes Streeting

    Transcript of the main speeches from a HEPI seminar on higher education and the student experience, held in the House of Commons on 21 April 2009.

  • 17 Mar 2009

    Re-engineering universities

    by Mike Boxall, Professor Rick Trainor

    Transcript of the main speeches from a HEPI seminar on re-engineering universities, held in the House of Commons on 17 March 2009.

  • 24 Feb 2009

    Fair access revisited

    by Sir Martin Harris, Professor Malcolm Grant, Professor Michael Driscoll

    Transcript of the main speeches from a HEPI seminar on fair access, held in the House of Commons on 24 February 2009.

  • 27 Jan 2009

    Globalisation and higher education

    by Professor Sir Drummond Bone, Professor Malcolm Gillies

    Transcript of the main speeches from a HEPI seminar on globalisation and higher education, held in the House of Commons on 27 January 2009.

  • 14 Jan 2009

    The Operation of the Market in Higher Education

    by Professor Nicholas Barr, LSE

    PDF summary of the slides from Professor Nicholas Barr’s presentation to a HEPI seminar on The Operation of the Market in Higher Education: Opportunities and Constraints, Experience and Ideology, held at the British Academy on 14 January 2009.