Festival of Higher Education 1.71

So much is changing in the university world, technologically, politically, socially and financially and the Festival of Higher Education is a great opportunity to learn more, share thoughts and meet HE’s leading practitioners to help with shaping all our futures.

The third Festival of Higher Education will be bigger and better than ever before. Speakers featuring in 2018 include:

Lord Andrew Adonis, former politician and journalist, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission

Sir Kevan Collins, CEO of the Education Endowment Foundation

Amanda Spielman, HM Ofsted Chief Inspector and former Chair of Ofqual

Professor Sir Michael Barber, Chair of the Office for Students, the new regulator for HE in England and Founder and Chairman of Delivery Associates

Shakira Martin, President of the NUS

Claudia Harris, Chief Executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company

Claire Fox, Libertarian, writer and Director of The Institute of Ideas

David Goodhart, Head of Integration Hub and Demography unit at Policy Exchange

Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI

Professor Chris Husbands, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University

Professor Damien Page, Dean of the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University

Catherine Roche OBE, Chief Executive of Place2BE

Geoff Barton, General Secretary of ASCL