UK higher education at a crossroads: join the defining conversation on its future
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Join us online for the launch of the International Higher Education Commission’s final report: Framework for a future UK international higher education strategy: resilience, purpose and precision.
While our universities remain world-renowned hubs of innovation, discovery, and global talent development – behind the scenes, the system is under pressure.
Institutional leaders are grappling with financial, operational and political challenges, and clarity on the future strategy for international higher education is crucial to ensuring continued confidence in what the UK has to offer the world.
Now is the moment to act.
Join key voices shaping the future as the International Higher Education Commission unveils its landmark final report – the result of a rigorous, evidence-based, and collaborative effort since 2023. This is not just another policy document. It's a blueprint for resilience, impact, and precision in the UK’s international higher education strategy – and a call to unite behind bold, actionable solutions.
Host: Amy Baker, CEO, The PIE
Panellists include:
• Chris Skidmore, Chair, International Higher Education Commission
• Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor & President, King's College London
• David Pilsbury, Secretary to the Commission and Member, IHEC and Chief Development Officer, Oxford International Education Group
• Sanam Arora, chairperson, National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK
• Diana Beech, Director of the Finsbury Institute and Professor and Assistant Vice-President of Policy & Government Affairs, City St George's, University of London
• Anne-Marie Graham, Chief Executive, UKCISA
• Janet Ilieva, Founder and Director, Education Insight.