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Highlights from HE Transformation 2026
Save the date · Returning in 2027
HE Transformation 2027
A day to challenge thinking and move institutional change forward.
HE Transformation returns on 19 October 2027. Join senior university leaders for a focused forum on how institutions operate, deliver and adapt. Explore leadership, operating models, digital change and the capabilities needed for sustainable transformation.
- Institution-wide strategy and leadership
- Digital, data and service delivery
- Peer discussion, breakouts and networking
Save the date for 2027. Figures shown reflect the 2026 event; visit the event website for the latest 2027 updates.
Our mission
Better-informed decisions. Stronger institutional delivery.
HE Professional brings together sector insight, institutional experience and fresh thinking. We help higher education professionals share approaches, explore common challenges and turn ideas into practical action.
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.
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.