10:25 - 10:30 Welcome and introduction to conference
10:30 - 11:30 Plenary 1
Dr Mark Corver on what data can tell us about the changing Higher Education landscape.
12:00 - 13:00 Workshop Block A
Workshop A1: Understanding the Student Experience will be a split session with Naomi Jeffery speaking to the SFC’s project on student journeys which will include presentation of recent analysis and will seek sector feedback on detailed elements of the work and will use a collaborative approach to develop new metrics. The second half of the session will present results of a sector review of student voice practices in UK Higher Education for QAA. Speaker TBC.
Workshop A2: Mike Baxter, Founder and Director of Goal Atlas, will be covering agile strategy and AI enabled decision-making processes.
Workshop A3: Dom Davis (City) and Sam Smith (KPMG) will speak on reviewing institutional activity to generate financial headroom.
14:15 – 15:00 Business Sessions
Business Session 1: Simitive - Plotting your course to navigate the winds of change
Business Session 2: Explorance - Harnessing AI for Student Voice: Transforming Text Analysis with MLY
Business Session 3: Technology One - Professional Services at the Strategy Table: Insights for Planners, Analysts, and Strategy Teams
15:30 – 16:30 Plenary 2
Professor David Latchman, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of London, will be joining us to discuss partnership models and the future of shared services.
09:30 - 10:30 Plenary 3
Josh Fleming will speak on the shifting landscape of higher education and the role of the regulator in enabling change.
11:00 - 11:45 Business Sessions
Business Session 4: Spitfire - Student Number Planning - A Headache? Or just the wrong tools?
Business Session 5: evasys - King’s College London’s experience of using AI to gain actionable insights from student open comments
13:00 - 14:00 Workshop Block B
Workshop B1: Emma Hartley, Head of Planning and Performance at the University of Sheffield, will be sharing her experience on embedding risk management within strategic planning.
Workshop B2: Dan Wood will speak about how Universities can lead strategic change by tailoring strategy implementation and successful cross-institutional engagement.
Workshop B3: A joint session with Tracey Slaven, Chief Transformation Officer at the University of Cumbria, Jacqui Brasted, Director of Access, Learning and Outcomes, Scottish Funding Council and Harriet Barnes, Director of Research Innovation and Skills at Medr who together will reflect on lessons learned from policy implemented in the devolved nations.
14:30 - 15:30 Plenary 4
Debbie McVitty, Editor at WonkHE, who will explore how the sector can secure educational excellence in times of change.
