9 March 2018 – Policy Webinar: OfS Ready – Registration & Framework

The Office for Students has now released their overall guidance for registration and the official response to the consultations which ended on 22 December. Launched at a conference on 28 February, the guidance has some key differences from what was released in October for consultation. Announcements on subsidies for “micro providers”, changes to eligibility for […]

8 March 2018 – Webinar: Remuneration for Senior Staff – CUC Draft Guidance

This webinar, which will be delivered by John Rushforth, Executive Secretary of the Committee of University Chairs, will cover the key content in the CUC’s formal consultation on a new draft set of guidelines to determine how higher education institutions should approach senior pay. This will be an increasingly important issue to members as senior staff remuneration […]

23 February 2018 – Policy Webinar: Governance in the Public Interest – Preparing for the OfS

This webinar will explore the below public interest principles, how they are applied currently and what their application might look like in independent providers of higher education. Delivered in partnership with law firm Shakespeare Martineau, this webinar is essential for those working in academic and corporate governance within independent higher education institutions. This webinar is […]

22 February 2018 – Policy Webinar: Supporting EU Staff

This webinar, which will be delivered by Pat Saini and Adam Cotterill from the immigration team at Penningtons Manches LLP, will cover supporting EU staff as the UK prepares to leave the European Union. The webinar will bring you up to speed on the latest government announcements and offer guidance for supporting EU staff and […]

14 February 2018 – Policy Webinar: OfS Ready – Freedom of Speech

This webinar, which will be delivered by Smita Jamdar, Partner & Head of Education at Shakespeare Martineau LLP, will cover the free speech duty and how it applies to independent higher education providers, as well as what the OfS will look for in establishing compliance with the duty. Powered by Eventbrite

19 January 2018 – Policy Webinar: Consultation on Accelerated Degrees

This webinar will take members through the Department for Education’s consultation on accelerated degrees, Accelerated degrees: widening student choice in higher education. The webinar will also explore what evidence and information it would be useful for IHE members to provide to aid us in forming our response on behalf of the independent HE sector. Powered […]

12 January 2018 – Policy Webinar: Writing your TEF Submission

This webinar will focus on how to make the most of your TEF provider submission. With a special guest presentation from Dr. Diana Beech from the Higher Education Policy Institute on her report: Going for Gold: Lessons from the TEF provider submissions, the webinar will share with members what others’ submitted last year to gain them […]