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.
HEPI and Lloyds Bank jointly hosted a roundtable dinner at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, on 16 November 2021, on ways in which higher education institutions might contribute more to sustainability after COP26 and as we emerge from the COVID crisis. Our two guest speakers were: Tony Juniper (Chair of National England);…
***UPDATE: A recording of the webinar is now available below*** On 21 October, HEPI will be publishing a report on regional policy and R&D authored by Professor Mary Stuart and Liz Shutt from the University of Lincoln, entitled Catching the wave: growing and harnessing regional research & development to level up (HEPI Report…
****A RECORDING OF THIS WEBINAR IS NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE**** HEPI and Kaplan International Pathways are holding a webinar to launch the results of new research, conducted among international students, to discover their views on careers advice and employability. Based on focus groups and polling of international students, the…
The One Nation University: Convincing the sceptics Following a joint polling project between the UPP Foundation and HEPI on the public’s attitudes to higher education, HEPI will be publishing a paper later this year by Richard Brabner, Director of the UPP Foundation, on the ‘One Nation University’. Reflecting on the…
***THIS WEBINAR IS NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW ON YOUTUBE AT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvMsCSllcjY*** HEPI and UCAS are delighted to invite you to an ‘In Conversation’ webinar with Clare Marchant, Chief Executive of UCAS, on Friday 30 July 2021 at 11am – 11.40am. Ahead of this year’s A-Levels results day, HEPI is pleased to host an ‘In Conversation’ webinar with Clare Marchant, UCAS…
After a COVID-related hiatus last year, we are delighted to announce the details of the next HEPI Annual Conference, which will be held online (via Zoom) on Thursday, 24 June 2021 under the title ‘Learning from the crisis’. Jointly sponsored by Lloyds Bank and UPP, the event will include the…
***UPDATE**** The recording of the webinar can be viewed here: Higher education institutions have a critical part to play in the national and global effort on climate change (as outlined in a recent HEPI paper). Ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow in November 2021, HEPI and Lloyds Bank are hosting…
***UPDATE*** A recording of the webinar is now available below: Many university activities are widely celebrated, such as developing a vaccine for COVID-19 or educating nurses. Despite this, universities largely receive a negative coverage in the UK media. This includes regular coverage of: ‘mickey mouse degrees’, high executive salaries, snow…
Each year, HEPI organises a day on higher education policy developments exclusively for our HEPI Partner organisations, to provide colleagues in the sector with expert policy advice and guidance from both the HEPI team and a range of guest speakers and an opportunity to discuss the key issues that dominate…
***Click below to hear an audio recording of this session*** In March 2021, HEPI published a Debate Paper by Professor David Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor at London South Bank University, which ranked English universities in a new English Social Mobility Index. The Index takes into account both the social distance travelled by…