Westminster Higher Education Forum

Next steps for UK research and innovation - policy, strategy and organisation, collaboration, investment, and the workforce

Morning, Tuesday, 25^th January 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Paul Mason, Director, Innovation Policy, Innovate UK and Lord O’Neill, Chairman, Northern Gritstone

Priorities for the higher education admissions system

Morning, Thursday, 27^th January 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Jill O’Mahony, Director of Admissions and Enrolment Planning, University College Dublin; John Cope, Director, Strategy, Policy & Public Affairs, UCAS; Jazreel Goh, Director Malaysia, British Council and Rebecca Gaukroger, Director, Student Recruitment and Admissions, The University of Edinburgh

Attracting and supporting international students - recruitment post-pandemic, market opportunities, partnerships and competition, and graduate employability

Morning, Tuesday, 8^th February 2022
Online

Next steps for improving quality and standards in HE - new regulation, implementation, course development, funding, assessment, and qualifications

Morning, Monday, 21^st February 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Dr Ailsa Crum, Director of Membership, Quality Enhancement and Standards, QAA; Dr Charlotte Snelling, Policy Manager, Universities UK; Professor Andrew Wathey, Chair, UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment, and Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Northumbria University and Alex Bols, Deputy CEO, GuildHE

Next steps for the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) - scope and remit, culture and organisation, areas of focus, and external and international relationships

Morning, Friday, 25^th February 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Dr Peter Highnam, Deputy Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Sarah Hodgetts, Deputy Director for Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

John Cope

Degree apprenticeships in England - next steps for development and performance, standards and assessment, branding, and economic contribution

Morning, Monday, 28^th February 2022
Online

Keynote Speaker: John Cope, Director, Strategy, Policy & Public Affairs, UCAS

Next steps for the Research Excellence Framework

Morning, Friday, 11^th March 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Dr Susan Guthrie, Research Group Director, Science and Emerging Technology, RAND Europe and Dr Steven Hill, Director of Research, Research England

Next steps for the Turing Scheme - implementation so far, growing international partnerships and the role of FE, and widening social and economic benefits

Morning, Thursday, 24^th March 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Charley Robinson, Head of Global Mobility Policy, Universities UK International; Steve Woodfield, Head of Whitehall Stakeholder Engagement (Education), The British Council; Laura van Voorst Vader, Education and Science Attaché, Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands in the United Kingdom; Dorota Maciejowska, Specialist, University Networks and Una Europa Alliance, Jagiellonian University; and Chair, Academic Exchange and Mobility Working Group, The Coimbra Group; Emma Meredith, International Director, Association of Colleges and Professor Murali Chandrashekaran, Vice-Provost, International, University of British Columbia

Next steps for academic integrity and tackling cheating in Higher Education

Morning, Tuesday, 26^th April 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Gareth Crossman, Head of Policy and Communications, QAA and Professor Michael Draper, Dean, Regulations and Student Cases, Swansea University; Member for Academic Integrity, QAA Advisory Committee; and Consultant Expert, Education Unit, Council of Europe

Next steps for supporting disabled students in Higher Education

Morning, Friday, 29^th April 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Katherine Bayliss, Student Funding Policy, Higher Education and Further Education Directorate, Department for Education and Nicola Turner, Policy Adviser, UCAS

Next steps for the UK research workforce - policy and support, widening access to careers, training and development, tacking skill gaps, and workplace culture and inclusion

Morning, Friday, 6^th May 2022
Online

In Production

The Westminster Higher Education Forum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

We'd be happy to share ideas on areas to focus on, speaker suggestions, and other ways of getting involved.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Higher Education Forum are:

Debbie Abrahams MP

Rt Hon the Lord Baker of Dorking

Rt Hon the Lord Bassam of Brighton

Lord Bilimoria

Paul Blomfield MP

Crispin Blunt MP

Lord Boswell of Aynho

Rt Hon David Davis MP

Baroness Deech

Lord Dixon-Smith

Baroness Donaghy

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

Baroness Fritchie

Rt Hon the Baroness Garden of Frognal

John Glen MP

Chris Green MP

Lord Hannay of Chiswick

Viscount Hanworth

Emma Hardy MP

Rt Hon Dame Margaret Hodge MP

Lord Holmes of Richmond

Rt Hon the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

The Earl of Listowel

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall

Stephen Metcalfe MP

Rt Hon Nicky Morgan

Baroness Morgan of Huyton

Anne Marie Morris MP

Rt Hon the Baroness Neville-Jones

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve

Lord Roberts of Llandudno

The Earl of Selborne

Lord Shipley

Lord Storey

Lord Triesman

Lord Turnberg

Rt Hon the Lord Wallace of Tankerness

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

Viscount Younger of Leckie

Rt Hon the Lord Young of Graffham

Daniel Zeichner MP

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.