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How Best Can We Deliver The New Framework For Higher Education?
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This Seminar will be held at The Royal Commonwealth Society in London
On Monday 15th February 2010
Seminar reference FHE/285 |
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BOOST ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND GROWTH; IMPROVE SOCIAL MOBILITY; STRENGTHEN RESEARCH; GIVE STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS MORE CONSUMER INFORMATION; IVORY TOWERS OR DEGREE MARKET PLACES?
 How best can all involved deliver Higher Ambitions?
How do we sustain world-class university success in challenging and competitive times?
How can HE boost the economy, widen access and strengthen research?
How best can it deliver world class innovation, teaching, original and applied research and skills?
How can we finance both staffing and infrastructure?
How best can we widen participation and increase social mobility in tough economic times?
How can universities avoid being both ivory towers and degree market places?
How do we continue to deliver a liberal education and strengthen culture and the humanities?
How best can we understand and measure institutional performance, quality and success?
How best should we support diversity of mission to sustain a more vibrant economy and just society?
How best can HE provide business with the vocational and life skills and continuing education?
How best can it provide the economy with new knowledge, entrepreneurship and investment?
How can it best provide graduates to deliver most effective and efficient public services?
How should we react to contemporary HE being formed, and not just consumed, by its participants?
How can universities work most closely with schools to widen access and tackle social and cultural mobility?
How can it do this in deprived and divided communities?
What difference would a Conservative Government make?
Where can we hope to be in 10 years?
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This CPPS seminar brings together key figures from across sectors in the important debate on how to successfully deliver the new framework for higher education. How can universities best contribute to boosting economic growth and improving social mobility which strengthening research, teaching and choice.
The day encourages brief, focussed presentations followed by engaged discussion by all attending in a relaxed setting. It is hoped that it will make a valuable contribution to taking forward policy and practice on the issues.
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The fee for the day's Seminar is £99.00 plus VAT.
GENEROUS NEGOTIATED DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND FOR MULTIPLE BOOKINGS.
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What People Say About CPPS Higher Education and Skills Seminars
All the presentations were excellent - good range; sensible length; no-one who was boring or difficult to understand! I found the event very valuable in itself and in relation to network opportunities. Head of Centre, University of Hull
Excellent, insightful - a good balance of speakers and opportunity for audience participation. Programme Director, University of Bedfordshire
Excellent. Very well organised. Excellent range of speakers. Associate, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Excellent speakers. Broad range of topics covered within space of a day very valuable. Vice Principal, Lewisham College
It was an excellent event : well organised, well attended and thought-provoking. Well done to all the organisers. Associate Editor, Times Educational Supplement
Excellent event. Well organised. Good value and extremely informative and engaging. All speakers very interesting and relevant to the event. UK Youth
Excellent. All speakers were of a very high quality, very informative and interesting. Loved the structure also! Assistant Principal, Warrington Collegiate
Excellent and informative. Student, University of Cambridge
Excellent level of knowledge and experience. I enjoyed the wide range of input. Strand Leader, Nottingham Trent University
Good event with a good range of speakers. Enjoyed the presentations and the shortness in length. Kept things alive and allowed the debate to move on. Ufi/LearnDirect
Excellent - good balance of views, lovely lunch. Policy Officer, Scottish Funding Council
Excellent event. Thought provoking. Will influence our agenda. Head of Primary and Intermediate Care, Anglia Ruskin University
Excellent all round. Very informative, professional and well run. Research Fellow, University of Brighton
A very focussed and useful event with some great speakers. Very useful. Senior Research Fellow, University of Sussex
Excellent organisation generally. Terrific inspirational messages. Director, Surrey Economic Partnership
Excellent presentations. Well organised and delivered event. Project Manager, Centre for Enterprise
May I congratulate CPPS for hosting this event at such an opportune moment and for bringing together such a strong cross section of those who are interested in the future of skills in the UK economy? & A very good and valuable day. Deputy Director General for Regions, DTI.
The best conference I have attended in years. Good to have some intellectual stimulation at a conference for a change! Development Director, First Group plc
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