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.
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 made generative AI freely available to every student and, since then, the availability, breadth and capabilities of AI tools have rapidly expanded, becoming ever more sophisticated. The speed of these developments has led both students and higher education institutions to take new approaches…
On Monday 22 January 2024 HEPI, with support from Chegg, is hosting a roundtable dinner looking at generative AI and its impact upon wider issues in the higher education sector, including academic integrity. The roundtable dinner will bring together colleagues to understand both how learners can be empowered by generative…
***UPDATE: A RECORDING OF THE WEBINAR IS NOW AVAILABLE BELOW*** On Wednesday 10 January 2024, HEPI and Advance HE will be hosting a webinar asking whether the future of post-18 education should be ‘tertiary’? Many people have called for higher education and further education institutions to work much more closely…
On Thursday 30 November 2023 HEPI hosts its autumn Partner Dinner, with guest speakers Professor Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London, and Lily Bull, Policy Manager, The Russell Group. The evening will be chaired by Professor Dame Sally Mapstone, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of…
On Wednesday 22 November, HEPI and Lloyds Bank will host a roundtable dinner in Birmingham, looking at ways in which higher education can and should help tackle the climate emergency. HEPI and Lloyds Bank have jointly run a series of dinners looking at issues relating to sustainability and the role…
***UPDATE: A recording of the webinar is available below*** In July 2023 HEPI published a report by Professor Dame Nicola Dandridge, Professor of Practice at the University of Bristol and former Chief Executive of the Office for Students, on the relationship between teaching and research in UK universities and whether it matters. …
***UPDATE: A recording of the webinar can be viewed below*** On Wednesday 18 October join HEPI, in conjunction with Student Minds and the UPP Foundation, for a free webinar on the findings of a new report, Climate Change and Student Mental Health, on the links between student wellbeing and climate…
Join HEPI on Monday 9 October at the Labour Party Conference for a fringe event to consider ‘What should be in the Labour Party Manifesto for higher education and research?’. With speakers to include: The seminar will take place outside the secure zone, so no conference pass is necessary. In…
*** An audio recording of the session is included below*** Join HEPI on Monday 2 October at the Conservative Party Conference for a fringe event to consider ‘What should be in the Conservative Party Manifesto for higher education and research?’. With speakers to include: The seminar will take place outside…
On Thursday 21 September 2023, HEPI and Taylor & Francis will host a roundtable dinner considering ‘How can we persuade policymakers to be more ambitious about research and scholarship in creating a highly skilled and productive UK workforce?’. Please note the dinner is by invitation only. For any queries, please…