New Forms of Finance in Higher Education
A Workshop with Kevin Richardson: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
| A Research Services event | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 June 2016 |
| Time | 14:30 to 17:00 |
| Place | Exploration Lab 1, University Forum, Streatham Campus. Video link Penryn Campus: Seminar J, Daphne du Maurier Building. |
| Provider | Research Services |
Event details
Who should attend?
Anyone from higher education, LEPs or Local Government with an interest in how higher education will be funded in future.
What is the event about?
Excellence in research and teaching will continue to provide strategic direction and the majority of finance channelled to universities in coming years. But the related drivers of disruptive public service reform, and the ongoing processes of austerity and devolution will increasingly impact both directly and indirectly on universities.
The workshop will cover following areas:
- Government policies and incentives for universities to understand and impact local growth and the importance of this.
- New risk based investments replacing traditional grant regimes to the development of physical infrastructures.
- Senior managers facing different challenges across local institutions in order to maintain partnerships with local actors discussing what is needed to build effective collaborative leadership.
Programme
Local Growth Expert Adviser with HEFCE, Kevin Richardson will be running the workshop. Kevin acts as the key adviser on policy and strategy relating to local growth in general and supports HEIs as anchor institutions to make their optimal contribution to local growth.
Tea and coffee will be available from 14:00.
Biography
Kevin Richardson is responsible for the liaison with relevant departments of central government and national agencies. Previously, as a long term secondee to the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) he represented the interests of local partners across England within the cross departmental team developing the new programme period for ESIF.
He led on stakeholder engagement with local authorities across the South West. Kevin was the lead author of the national strategy for Smart Specialisation in England. Previous to his position at BIS, Kevin managed the Central Policy Unit at Newcastle City Council for more than ten years. Kevin is a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University.
Registration
If you wish to register please email research-events@exeter.ac.uk or phone 01392 726225.
Location:
Exploration Lab 1, University Forum, Streatham Campus.
