Please note that the below is the up-to-date agenda (subject to change). You may download the agenda at the bottom of the page.
- 9.30am – Registration and coffee
- 10.00am – Welcome and introduction
- 10.10am – Opening Keynote – General Election 2024: The State of the Nation
- Professor Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester and award-winning author of titles such as Brexitland and The British General Election of 2019
- 10.30am – Questions / discussion
- 10.40am – Introduction from Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President – UK, TechnologyOne
- 10.50am – Launch of the findings from the 2024 HEPI / Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey, with introduction from Alison Johns, Chief Executive, Advance HE. Presented by:
- Jonathan Neves, Head of Business Intelligence and Surveys, Advance HE
- Rose Stephenson, Director of Policy and Advocacy, HEPI and
- Josh Freeman, Policy Manager, HEPI
- 11.10am – Questions / discussion
- 11.20am – Break / networking
- 11.50am – Panel session responding to the Student Academic Experience Survey. Chaired by Rose Stephenson, Director of Policy and Advocacy, HEPI. Panel includes:
- Professor Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic, The University of Buckingham
- Professor Charles Egbu, Vice-Chancellor, Leeds Trinity University
- Amira Campbell, President, University of Birmingham Guild of Students and incoming NUS President
- Jess Lister, Associate Director, Public First
- Hitanshi Badani, Incoming Director of Education, Students’ Association, University of St Andrews
- 12.20pm – Questions / discussion
- 12.30pm – Lunch
- 1.30pm – Introduction from James Gray, Chief Executive Officer, Kortext and Daniel Webb, ISV Partnerships Lead, Microsoft
- 1.40pm – Afternoon Keynote, Chaired by Mary Curnock Cook, Chair of the Dyson Institute and Pearson Education Ltd, Trustee of HEPI
- Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies
- 2.00pm – Questions / discussion
- 2.10pm – Student Hustings: How are students reacting to the general election? With student representatives from the main UK political parties. Chaired by Nick Hillman, HEPI Director
- Lewis Warner, National Vice-Chair, Labour Students
- Janey Little, Chair, Young Liberals
- Matthew Brooker, President, Durham Union Society, representing the Conservative voice
- Jane Baston, Co-Chair, Young Greens
- 2.30pm – Questions / discussion
- 2.40pm- Final thoughts from Nick Hillman, HEPI Director
- 2.45pm – Conference closes