HUMANE Seminar - University of London Friday 4 to Saturday 5 November, 2016

HUMANE Seminar

University of London Friday 4 to Saturday 5 November, 2016

Attainment, Access and Affordability in Higher Education: system-level and institutional responses in the early 21st century

Additional Thursday Afternoon Workshop Added

SHARED IT SERVICES, SERVICE INNOVATION & NEW OPERATING MODELS

In response to requests from members involved in reviewing their IT operations, the University of London and King’s College London will jointly host a workshop on Thursday afternoon, the 3rd of November, on developments in these two institutions in shared services, service innovation and the implementation of new IT operating models.

The workshop agenda, is as follows:

1. Recent developments in shared IT services at the University of London

Cyber Security
Virtual Learning Environments
Cloud hosting

2. Recent developments in shared IT services at King’s College London

The Slough Data Centre
High Performance Computing
Public/private partnerships in e-education

3. Service innovations at University of London and King's College London

KCL's Cornwall Service Centre
UoL's Computer Centre (ULCC): recent innovations and developments

4. Innovations in service management and delivery

Commencing at 13.00 with a sandwich lunch and ending around 17.00, senior IT professionals at the University of London and King’s College London will conduct an interactive, informal workshop, sharing their honest experiences and observations. This workshop is a part of our HUMANE Seminar in London, included in the seminar fee. Please note your attendance when registering online.

Main Seminar
Keynote Speakers

According to the Economist, the global tertiary-enrolment ratio – the share of the student-age population at university – went up from 14% to 32% in the two decades to 2012; in that time, the number of countries with a ratio of more than half rose from five to 54. University enrolment is growing faster even than demand for that ultimate consumer good, the car.

However, both market-based and state funding models of satisfying this burgeoning demand have had mixed success at best in getting under-represented groups into higher education. And even when they do, the attainment gap between higher and lower socio-economic groups is still significant, despite a generation of social inclusion policies.

An impressive group of keynote speakers will help us to take on these big issues, including:

Prof. Bertrand Monthubert President, Campus France (FR) Reading the Currents: the outlook for HE access and attainment in France

Baroness Alison Wolf Professor of Public Sector Management, King's College London (UK) A Bleak Future? Universal tertiary education, and what happens if we get it wrong

Rt. Hon. Charles Clarke Former UK Education and Home Secretary (UK) The Political Economy of Higher Education Financing Policy

Prof. Les Ebdon Director of the Office for Fair Access to Higher Education (UK) Why universities should do more to promote social mobility

Dr. Michael Harms Director of Communications, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (DE) No Fees, No Problem? Access to and affordability of German Higher Education

Alexandra Rosenbach Chief Strategy Advisor Internationalisation, Maastricht University (NL) Money Talks: access, affordability and attainment in Dutch Higher Education: creating an inspiring and diverse international classroom at Maastricht University

With additional presentations from:

Prof. Bo-Anders Jönsson - Pro-Dean, University of Lund (SE) - Recent developments in higher education access and educational attainment policy in Sweden: a University of Lund perspective

Andy Moss - Senior Vice President, Pearson Education (UK) - Transforming educational attainment: innovations and developments in the for profit HE sector

Nadine Almanasfi and Aaron Porter - Post-graduate student and former student president, and former National Union of Students President (UK) - A student representative’s perspective of the access and attainment agenda and what the future holds

Doreen Thompson, Billy Reed and KCL students - Widening Participation Unit, King’s College London (UK) - Widening Participation and social inclusion strategy at King’s College London

Download the Seminar Flyer

The flyer is available here.

Register Online

Provisional Programme

Is available here. Please note - content is subject to change.

Information

Who Can Attend?

The HUMANE Seminar in London is open to:

HUMANE Members

HUMANE Members
HUMANE Members can also attend with one or more colleagues
HUMANE Members can also send colleagues from their University

WSAN Members

Winter School Alumni can attend all HUMANE events

EFMD and EUA Members

Plus other Higher Education professionals may apply to attend here

Seminar Fees

The Seminar Fee is € 495 . This includes lunch on Friday and Saturday, the HUMANE Dinner on Friday.

Accompanying people are charged at € 75, this includes lunch on Friday and Saturday plus the HUMANE Dinner on Friday but no admittance to the seminar sessions.

Upon registration you will receive a confirmation letter and invoice. Please wait until you receive the invoice before arranging the payment.

Accommodation and Practical Information

Will be sent to participants upon registration.

Provisional Seminar Schedule

Thursday 3 November:
IT Workshop lunch from 13:00

Friday 4 November:
Registration and lunch from 12:00 / Seminar sessions 14:00 to 17:00 // HUMANE Seminar Dinner 19:30

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HUMANE Seminar - University of London Friday 4 to Saturday 5 November, 2016