Higher education in action.Fresh Insight to Bold Outcomes
Upcoming programme
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Free webinar
REF 2029.
The guidance is here.
Understand the final submission guidance and panel criteria, and what they mean for your institution.
09:30–10:30 GMT · Online
Register free
Helena Mills
Interim REF Director
REF 2029
Professor Jane Falkingham CBE
Vice-President (Engagement and International), University of Southampton
Chair, REF 2029 Main Panel C
Professor John Strachan
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise
Bath Spa University
Our mission
Better-informed decisions.
Stronger institutional delivery.
Start with a fresh perspective
Look at familiar challenges through new ideas, sector insight and different institutional experiences.
Learn through shared experience
Connect with professionals who understand the priorities and pressures shaping your work.
Turn thinking into action
Take practical approaches back to the decisions, services and outcomes that matter to your institution.
Our flagship event
HE Transformation 2027
Join higher education leaders to turn bold ideas into practical institutional change.
- Fresh insight from higher education leaders
- Practical approaches to institutional change
- Connections across leadership and transformation
Who we serve
For the professionals moving higher education forward
Our programme is designed for leaders and practitioners working across university strategy, education, research and professional services. Find the conversations that connect with your role and your institution’s priorities.
University Leadership
Vice-Chancellors, Deputy and Pro Vice-Chancellors, Chief Operating Officers and senior institutional leaders.
Education and Student Experience
Academic and professional leaders responsible for teaching, quality, access, student success and experience.
Professional Services
Leaders across finance, registry, governance, people, estates, operations and institutional planning.
Digital, Data and Transformation
Technology, data and change leaders developing more effective, connected and future-ready universities.
Research and Innovation
Research leaders and specialist teams responsible for strategy, culture, impact, REF and innovation.
Marketing and Global Engagement
Marketing, recruitment, communications, international, partnership and transnational education leaders.
What we do
Ideas, insight and experience you can use
Best practice
Turn sector experience into practical action
Explore institutional case studies, compare approaches and take ideas back to the challenges you are working on.
Policy updates
Understand the direction of change
Consider the policy and regulatory context behind sector change, and what it means for institutional priorities and delivery.
Sector innovation
Discover what is emerging across HE
Explore the technologies, practices and new approaches reshaping teaching, research, services and the student experience.