On Demand Webinar: The Big Questions Ahead on Financial Sustainability
Watch below our expert line-up of sector leaders assessing the funding challenges ahead for the higher education sector and the decisions needed to support financial sustainability.
Watch the On Demand Session from 10 December 2024
Agenda
09:30 am
Morning Chair: Welcome Address
Ian Turgoose
Head of External Engagement
Sheffield Hallam University (CONFIRMED)
09:40 am
Leaders’ Panel Discussion: The Big Questions Ahead on Financial Sustainability
The immediate challenges facing the sector: examining the risk of widespread deficits and the potential of market exits
What the rise in tuition fees from 2025/26 means for the stability of the sector
What to expect from the government’s upcoming proposals for reform following the tuition fee rise
How the Universities UK Blueprint can form a guide to what comes next on reform
The choices that lie ahead for university leaders on operating models, delivery structures and efficiencies
Beyond a stop gap: what are long term solutions to rethinking the funding model and preventing future cliff edges?
Sarah Bevan
Head of Funding Policy
Universities UK (CONFIRMED)
The Rt Hon Lord Willetts
President, Resolution Foundation
Former Minister of State for Universities and Science (CONFIRMED)
Professor Shân Wareing
Vice Chancellor
Middlesex University(CONFIRMED)
Professor Shitij Kapur
Vice-Chancellor & President
King's College London (CONFIRMED)
Professor Christopher Day
Vice-Chancellor and President
Newcastle University (CONFIRMED)