Tuesday 26 November 2019
09:00 – 9:30 Registration and refreshments
9:30 – 11:30 Welcome and introduction from the Chair
Opening Address
Alex Proudfoot, Chief Executive, Independent Higher Education
Keynote – Higher Education in the age of chaos
Rt Hon David Laws, Strategic Advisor, GK Strategy, and Executive Chairman, Education Policy Institute
Report from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Gareth Crossman, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, QAA
Report from the Higher Education Statistics Agency
Paul Clark, Chief Executive, HESA
Panel Session: Registration with the OfS: lessons to learn
Chaired by Roxanne Stockwell, Chair, Independent Higher Education, and Principal, Pearson College London
– Alex Bols, Deputy Chief Executive, GuildHE
– Julian Gravatt, Deputy Chief Executive, Association of Colleges
– Chris Hale, Director of Policy, Universities UK
– Alex Proudfoot, Chief Executive, Independent Higher Education
11:30 – 12:00 Refreshment break and networking
12:00 – 13:00 Breakout sessions
1. Marketing to Generation Z – Who are they? What do they want?!
– Michael Lavery, Chief Executive, Brand and Reputation
– Justin Shaw, Chief HE Consultant, Communications Management
– Richard Hewitt, Director of HE, Emsi
2. Governance surgery – practical prescriptions for independent providers
– Joy Elliott-Bowman, Director of Policy and Development, IHE
– Smita Jamdar, Head of Education, Shakespeare Martineau
– Andrew Smith, Partner, Shakespeare Martineau
3. Student Success and Retention
– Emma Thomas, Director Applied Inspiration
– Julian Crockford, Applied Inspiration
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13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and exhibition
14:00 – 15:00 Plenary
Plenary: The state of the sector – findings from the IHE Survey 2019
Joy Elliott-Bowman, Director of Policy and Development, IHE
Small business, big ideas – an SME manifesto for higher education
Alex Proudfoot, Chief Executive, IHE
Panel Session: Small businesses big ideas – an SME manifesto for higher education
Chaired by Joy Elliott-Bowman, Director of Policy & Development, Independent Higher Education
– Kainne Clements, Executive Chairman, Academy of Contemporary Music
– Rachel Hewitt, Director of Policy and Advocacy, HEPI
– Smita Jamdar, Partner & Head of Education, Shakespeare Martineau
– Michael Lavery, Chief Executive, Brand and Reputation
15:00 – 16:00 Breakout sessions
4. Faster than the speed of insight: developing heroes and student data
– David Howell, CEO Met Film School (Chair)
– Moll Roberts, Higher Education Information Analyst, London Institute of Banking and Finance
– Daragh Scaife, VP Product Management, Ellucian– Alex Proudfoot, Chief Executive, IHE
– Andy Till, Head of Operations, QA Higher Education
– James Earl Fraser, Deputy Director of Business Development, Jisc
– Steve Hoole, Senior Learning Analytics Consultant, Jisc
5. We’re all in this together: A community approach to student wellbeing
– Christopher East, Designated Safeguarding Lead & Universal Services Lead, Academy of Contemporary Music
– Cal Courtney, Director of Access and Graduate Outcomes, Bloomsbury Institute– David Howell, CEO Met Film School (Chair)
– Mandy Donaldson, Vice Principal, Norland College
– Fiona Paul, Director and Head of Training, Matrix College (Chair)
6. Strategic planning for small and growing institutions
– Miranda Routledge, Director of Planning, Loughborough University
– Karel Thomas, Executive Director, British Universities Finance Directors Group
16:00 – 16:20 Refreshments and networking
16:20 – 17:30 Plenary
Welcome to international education session
James Pitman, Vice Chair, Independent Higher Education, and Managing Director UK and Europe, Study Group
Global growth and enterprise in higher education
Lord Bilimoria CBE, Vice President, CBI, and President, UKCISA
Panel Session: global growth and enterprise in higher education
Chaired by James Pitman,Vice Chair, Independent Higher Education, and Managing Director UK and Europe, Study Group
– Charlene Allen International Education Consultant and former Chair, BUILA
– Anne Marie Graham, Chief Executive, UKCISA
– David Howell, Chief Executive, Met Film School