Cholmondeley Room & Terrace The House of Lords 20th May 2022 11.45am – 2.30pm Professor Dame Madeleine Atkins, DBE, DL, FAcSS, became the ninth president of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, on October 1st, 2018. Her background includes reading Law and History as an undergraduate at Cambridge University, teaching[…]
Read More »Academics in the University of the 21st Century Thursday February 17th, 2022 http://www.professoriate.org/second-annual-conference-17-february-2022/
Read More »What is the future of higher education? Wednesday 9 February 2022, 11am to 12.15pm via Zoom Is higher education headed for a revolution or more gradual evolution? What do higher education institutions of the future look like? Today’s universities face uncertain funding, the need for increased digital technology, fluctuations in[…]
Read More »Invitation to a webinar on ‘Living Black at University’: Launch of new research into the experiences of Black students in student accommodation, Thursday 3 February 2022, at 11am to 12.15pm Dear Colleague, We are pleased to invite you to a webinar hosted jointly by HEPI and Unite Students to launch[…]
Read More »10.00 am 23 February 2022 (by Zoom) . To be followed by the NCUP AGM at 11.15. ‘My family and other dyscientics’ By Professor Mike Watts, Department of Education, College of Business, Arts and Social Science, Brunel University, London In this lecture I introduce both members of my family and[…]
Read More »The Council Room King’s College London, Strand Campus London WC2R 2LS 10.00 – 14.00 – 24th January 2024 10.00 – 10.30 Arrival and coffee – Online login – MSTeams 10.30 – 10.50 Introduction: Partial and Impartial Truths Chair Professor Margaret Cox, OBE (NCUP Past-President) King’s College London. 10.50 – 11.30 Conflicting Messages from Scientific and Medical[…]
Read More »Registration for the Climate Risk Summit is now open, hosted by the COP26 Universities Network. The second virtual conference from the network, the Climate Risk Summit will be taking place virtually, on 29 September – 1 October. The Climate Risk Summit will provide a forum for discussion of climate risk topics and aims to[…]
Read More »Two NCUP council members have recently been given awards for services to their professions Ken Eaton was awarded a medal by the Faculty of Dental Practice (UK) [FGDB (UK)] in May 2021. Since the FGDP (UK) was founded in 1992, only three other people have been awarded the Faculty’s medal.[…]
Read More »A New Vision for Higher Education Post Covid-19: From Policy-Takers to Policy-Makers Sir Anthony Seldon This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, our annual lecture was delivered virtually; 48 people attended including NCUP members and affiliates and members of the general public. The lecture is available on YouTube and as a[…]
Read More »HE Policy Reshuffle: splitting the deck (NCUB, 18/02/2020) With DfE responsible for universities, and BEIS for science, research and innovation, it feels that university priorities, and university business relationships, could be pulled in different directions. Further Comment: Universities fear loss of policy focus as ministerial roles split (THE, 17/02/2020) Research funding, universities and[…]
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