HEPI fringe event at the 2025 Conservative Party Conference

Date:: 6 October 2025
Time:: 9.30am - 10.30am
Location:: Piccadilly Room, Clayton Hotel, 55 Portland St, Manchester M1 3HP
Organiser(s):: HEPI
Format:: In-person
Admission:: Open-to-all

How can universities best win back public support?

Overview

Join HEPI on Monday 6 October 2025 from 9.30am to 10.30am at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

Speakers

Professor Sasha Roseneil
Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex

Professor Annabel Kiernan
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education and Student Experience, Goldsmiths, University of London

Professor Duncan Ivison
President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Manchester
Neil O’Brien
Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Alex Stanley
Vice President Higher Education, National Union of Students

Chaired by Nick Hillman OBE
Director, HEPI

Partners

Register

The seminar will take place outside the secure zone, so no conference pass is necessary.

In common with other party conference fringe events, places will be available on a first-come, first served basis. To register your interest in attending, please email Carole Cox at [email protected].