Have a look around – the rest of the portal opens to ticket-holders for the full programme this autumn.
Taster session
A free introductory session, open to anyone thinking about booking or already booked. Meet the team, see the shape of the programme, and ask questions before the main programme begins.
The taster has finished.
Session slides
The slides shared during the session, to download or revisit.
Jim's crystal ball
Economic growth and higher education
Where does higher education policy come from?
The UK higher education system
The programme
11 sessions
Eleven sessions from September to April, live and recorded – the full programme opens when you book.
Module 1 · 30 Sept
Making sense of making sense
The UK higher education sector – its history, how it fits together today, and the key organisations and what they do – plus how the programme itself will work: what each session covers, and the readings and resources that go with it.
Module 2 · 7 Oct
Public value and public perception
The dimensions of higher education's value – quality, skills and jobs, research and impact, civic and local engagement, young people growing up – and the anatomy of the sector's scandals, from franchising and grade inflation to free speech.
Module 3 · 28 Oct
Funding and finance
The architecture of public funding, financial management and governance, and the financial sustainability crisis and its implications.
Module 4 · 18 Nov
Student success
The student journey – access, belonging, engagement and outcomes – plus the tricky stuff: health, housing and finance.
Module 5 · 9 Dec
Teaching and learning
Pedagogy, curriculum, learning design and the co-curriculum.
Module 6 · 13 Jan
Research and innovation
UKRI and the UK research funding ecosystem, plus innovation and economic impact.
Module 7 · 3 Feb
Internationalisation
International recruitment, visas and immigration, transnational education and education exports.
Module 8 · 24 Feb
Leadership, strategy and transformation
Academic and business leadership and governance, the demands on leaders, and the opportunities, challenges, enablers and barriers to strategy and transformation.
Module 9 · 17 Mar
Data
Public data requirements; data collection, storage and use; and data for strategy and business management.
Module 10 · 7 Apr
People and organisational culture
Organisational structures, academic and professional cultures, EDI and industrial relations.
Module 11 · 28 Apr
HE policy, politics and influence
Legislation, political parties, policy agendas, representative bodies and devolution.
In the programme pack
Coming soonSlides, reading lists and session recordings will appear here as the programme runs.
Event chat
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The chat opens on the morning of the taster, Thursday 2 July.
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The full programme is eleven sessions from September to April – live and recorded, with the slides, reading and the cohort discussion. There’s an early-bird rate on now, plus a discount for Wonkhe subscribers. Book your place and you’ll get your own secure sign-in to the portal closer to launch.
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