IHE Annual Conference 2021
Tuesday 12 October 2021
No.11 Cavendish Square
London W1G 0AN
Details: The Independent Higher Education Annual Conference is the UK’s flagship event for leaders in the independent HE sector, and the only conference specifically tailored to their needs. The 2021 conference was followed be a reception and networking.
Main stage sessions included:
- The role of independent higher education post pandemic
- Industry collaboration and community engagement in higher education
- Unleashing British education’s export potential
Speakers included:
- Susan Lapworth, Director of Regulation, Office for Students
- Owen Metcalfe, Acting Head of Student Migration Policy, Home Office
- Rupert Daniels, Director, Creative, Lifestyle and Learning, Department for International Trade
- Tom Richmond, Director, EDSK
- Viki Cooke, Co-founder and Chair, BritainThinks
- Jonathan Simons, Director of Education, Public First
- Ben Jordan, Senior Policy Unit Manager, UCAS
- Gareth Crossman, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
- David Lefevre, Director, Imperial College Edtech Lab and Founder, Insendi
Breakout sessions included:
- Independent Higher Education Governance Code of Practice
- Building a Sponsorship system fit for the future of work and study
- Managing regulatory requirements and delivering a great student experience
- Data driven Higher Education
- Future recruitment trends
- Academic integrity and essay mills
We look forward to welcoming you in person to the Independent HE Conference on Tuesday 12 October 2021 and have put in place the following arrangements to minimise the risks of Covid-19.
Lead Sponsor
Higher education is our only focus at Ellucian and our people are equipped to support the growth and requirements of the independent provider community. We design a leading student information system – Ellucian Quercus; a SaaS solution that meets the needs of independent providers and is designed to be out-of-the-box so you can see a rapid return on investment.
Our rapidly growing independent provider community is represented by a flourishing mix of providers including: Christie’s Education, MetFilm School, London Institute of Business and Finance, London School of Theology and many more. We look forward to having a conversation with you at the IHE Annual Conference. Contact us at hello@ellucian.com if you’d like to get in touch.
Exhibitors
Amos delivers a range of specialised solutions in data management, integration, higher ed tech and process improvement. Our team of experts have decades of combined experience working in education and corporate reporting.
Amos | Connect is an integration tool designed specifically for solutions that education administrations rely on. Our integration solutions are capable of meeting the unique needs of administrators, educators, and students alike—enhancing workflows, data connectivity, and uplifting the learning experience.
Improve core business processes and generate more value from your solutions by working with a team of education integration specialists.
We are independent specialists in workplace investigation and dispute resolution with considerable experience in a range of sectors, including Higher Education. Founded in 2010, we have undertaken successful assignments in nearly 50 HEIs.
The B3sixty team of Directors and trained Associates ensure we can quickly find the right person for your needs. Our investigators and dispute resolvers have backgrounds in senior management, human resources, finance and employment law, quickly understand the issues and are able to deal confidently with the full range of complex and difficult employment relations issues. We pride ourselves on prompt and high-quality service, a systematic project approach and our ability to be “thoughtful practitioners”.
For full information on our services see our website.
CELCAT is a market-leading software house with over 30 years’ experience working in the education sector.
We offer the most comprehensive and easy-to-integrate products on the market, specifically designed to encourage engagement with the timetable and enhance student and staff experience.
We are the architects of the popular Timetabler product used by hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. We provide intuitive, feature-rich solutions for creating and publishing timetables, monitoring student attendance, managing room bookings, generating pay claims, reporting and much more.
Working with over 40 Education Institutions, Intersol Global deliver Training and Investigation Services.
We train and qualify Education staff to conduct low-risk volume inquiries and support institutions with impartial external investigation advice, conducting the more complex, high-risk, and serious inquiries with and for them.
Delivering a full range of impartial investigation services from reporting an issue to resolution on a retained service or ‘pay as you go’ basis, we have trained hundreds of delegates and conducted many serious or complex investigations. We are increasingly called upon to support institutions with environmental and cultural reviews, often driven by concerns about bullying, harassment, and racism.
We look forward to attending Independent Higher Education’s annual conference and to share our expertise with attendees at the event, we are always open for discussions, and advise is always free.
Networking Sponsors
All business advisers are pretty much the same, right? Well no, far from it.
At Cooper Parry we fly in the face of convention. If others zig, we zag. If they go down the straight and narrow, we scan far and wide.
We look to ‘Disrupt, Lead and Make Life Count’. This is how we see the world, and it’s why we’ve been hailed ‘the rebels of accountancy’. We build relationships with our clients that break the mould. And we’re never afraid to give our opinion. Why? Because that’s how we’ll help them to flourish financially, and free up their time to get the most out of life.
Browse these pages and you’ll get a feel for what we do: from Audit, Tax, VAT and Not for Profit to Wealth, Tech & High Growth and Corporate Finance. More than this, you’ll get a feel for how we do it – and that’s the clever alchemy bit.
Our fast-growing (440+ and growing) team is alive with vibrant, inquisitive and engaged people. Our culture is unlike any other. Which means that we attract the most talented people to work on our clients’ businesses. And keep winning the awards that matter.
Having worked closely for many years with a variety of Edutech clients, private higher education and pathways providers, we are specialists in your specific trading activities and the issues you face. That’s why we’re smashing it, with record-breaking YOY growth. And why we’ve turbo-charged our growth in the entrepreneurial and Edutech space with a cool new Shoreditch hub.
Eversheds Sutherland is an international law firm with 74 offices in 35 countries. According to Legal 500, we are “widely considered the market leader in the higher education field”.
We know that providers need legal advisers who fully understand the HE sector and the unique challenges it faces. Our dedicated team of specialist education lawyers advise private and publicly funded HE providers, both in the UK and overseas, across a full range of domestic and international legal, HE governance and regulatory matters. Issues on which we are currently supporting providers include equality, diversity and inclusion (including combatting sexual harassment), registration and regulatory issues, student and staff immigration, student accommodation, consumer law and the CMA, establishment of overseas operations, and joint ventures and collaborations.