HEFCE Annual Conference 2010

21 October 2010

Navigating through a challenging landscape

HEFCE's annual conference is attended by vice-chancellors and principals of universities and colleges, and leaders of partner organisations.

This year's conference, coming so close after the spending review and just a week after publication of the Browne review of student fees, presented a timely opportunity to look at the challenges and opportunities currently facing the higher education sector, especially:

  • the proposed new funding settlement for higher education
  • the Council's role in managing change
  • some of the policy challenges that face learning and teaching in universities and colleges.

This year's event, held on 21 October, was held at the Royal College of Physicians building in central London.

Programme

Download the Programme (MS Word 320K) as MS Word (323 KB)

Challenges and opportunities for higher education

David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science

Text of David Willetts' speech

Managing transition

Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, HEFCE

Download the Text of Sir Alan's conference speech (Adobe PDF 162K) as PDF (161 KB)

 

Conference news item: Student interests are paramount in new funding arrangements

Policy challenges for learning and teaching

Dame Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive, The British Library; Heather Fry, Director (Education and Participation), HEFCE; 

Download the Presentation by Heather Fry (Director for Education and Participation, HEFCE) (Adobe PDF 84K) as PDF (83 KB) 

Craig Mahoney, Chief Executive, the Higher Education Academy

Download the Presentation by Craig Mahoney (Chief Executive, the Higher Education Academy) (Adobe PDF 231K) as PDF (230 KB)

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