Events

CLOSING EVENT:  London HE Week: stepping up 

Join us for our flagship London Higher Education Week reception, the main event of the week.        

London HE Week: stepping up for the future – imagining pan-London micro-credentials

Following on from our successful micro-credentials strategic conversation in June with the QAA, London Higher is hosting a further discussion to progress the development of a London-based micro-credentials scheme.   

 London HE Week: stepping up for recovery – a sustainable future

Ahead of the COP26 summit in November, and to celebrate the work of London Higher’s sustainability network, we shall be hosting a roundtable discussion on to both acknowledge work that London’s universities are already doing to work sustainably, and to identify areas where collaboration between institutions could see London further stepping up to address the climate change challenge.

London HE Week: stepping up for recovery – student wellbeing

Working together, London’s HEIs are stepping up for students' wellbeing. At this session, London Higher’s Mental Health and Wellbeing network will meet to showcase and discuss the successful bids from across the London Higher membership in the latest round of Office for Students’ funding. This session will provide opportunities for attendees to learn from each other at this critical time in improving students’ mental health and discuss best practice.  

London Higher Education Week 2021

We are excited to announce the launch of a full week of events showcasing the higher education sector in London: “London Higher Education Week: Stepping Up” will highlight the ways in which universities and higher education colleges across the capital have been stepping up for the city itself, working with local communities, businesses, and the public sector, as well as providing a supportive experience to students.

 London: HE Week: stepping up together

This event will examine how universities across London draw on their civic partnerships to transform communities by providing support through infrastructure, projects and investing in the regeneration of our towns and cities, to drive change and help level-up sub-regional areas of the capital.

Member’s Q+A with Chris Skidmore MP

I am delighted to invite you to attend a roundtable discussion and Q+A with the Rt. Hon Chris Skidmore MP, Chair of the APPG for Universities, former Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, and also Chair of the latest Higher Education Commission inquiry. The roundtable will take place on Tuesday 1st December at 4.00pm. This session will be an opportunity to hear from Chris on the priorities of the APPUG for the upcoming year, as well as to hear his insights into government and parliamentary priorities, to discuss potential challenges and how London Higher can feed into the APPUG and other government priorities Please do let us know if there are any specific issues you would like to see raised with Chris during the session. We will be collating responses and arranging for a group of members to raise these issues at the Roundtable.