HEPI / Advance HE breakfast seminar: Is specialisation or collaboration the key to the future of higher education?

Overview

On Wednesday 11 March, HEPI and Advance HE host their second in-person seminar of the 2026 series at the Houses of Parliament.

The Westminster Government’s Post-16 Education and Skills white paper suggested a move towards greater specialisation and more collaboration, moving away from a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. Institutions across the higher education sector are now grappling with what this means in practice and whether it should affect their future strategies.

What would a new approach mean for existing cold spots, student choice, institutional structures, shared services and regional research and innovation capacity? 

Speakers

• 

  Professor David Sweeney CBE

  Deputy Chair, Medr

• 

  Alex Proudfoot

  Chief Executive, Independent Higher Education

• 

  Professor Deborah Prentice

  Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge

• 

  Alistair Jarvis CBE (Chair)

  Chief Executive, Advance HE

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