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[…]
Read More »NCUP (Virtual) Annual Education Lecture 17th February 2021 at 11.00 a.m. to be addressed by Sir Anthony Seldon “A New Vision for Higher Education Post Covid-19” Universities worldwide were long overdue change before COVID-19 struck us in March 2020. We were under threat from multiple directions, including affordability, continued relevance,[…]
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From Baroness Perry The past year has been an extraordinary experience for us all. Sadly, it has denied us the pleasure of meeting for the annual lunch in the Lords, an event to which I and many others had looked forward. I’m so pleased to know that NCUP is still keeping active[…]
Read More »Dear Colleague, HEPI is delighted to invite you to a HEPI webinar on ‘What is the future of student fees and funding?’ on Thursday 28 January 2021 from 11am to 12.15pm More than ten years since the raising of tuition fees was announced in England, the topic of student funding[…]
Read More »HEPI is delighted to invite you to a HEPI webinar on ‘What is the future of student fees and funding?’ on Thursday 28 January 2021 from 11am to 12.15pm Confirmed speakers currently include: Alan Roff, author of the upcoming HEPI report Student Finance in England 2012-2020: From fiscal illusion to[…]
Read More »HE Policy Value for money in the Office for Students: Annual report 2019-20 (OfS, 25/11/2020) This report focuses on the efficient, effective and economic use of the OfS’s resources within the organisation for financial year 2019-20. Browne, COVID and the Humanities. What next? (HEPI, 26/11/2020) Are we due for another[…]
Read More »HEPI and the European Universities Consortium are delighted to invite you to a webinar on ‘Should more UK students consider higher education in Europe?’, to be held online on Monday 7 December 2020, between 10am – 11am. Join the panel discussion with university speakers from Ireland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Switzerland[…]
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