CGHE Annual Conference
Higher education in a global context (CGHE launch)
Date: Tuesday, 2 February 2016 9:00 am - 12:15 pm
Location: Macmillan Hall, Senate House
Schedule
MC: Mark Leach, Editor, Wonkhe
8.30-9am: Registration and refreshments
9-9.45am: Welcome and introduction
- Professor Andrew Brown, Acting Director, UCL Institute of Education
- Chris Millward, Director of Policy, HEFCE
- Phil Sooben, Deputy Chief Executive, ESRC
- Professor Claire Callender, Deputy Director CGHE, UCL Institute of Education
9.45-10.15am: Why don’t more poor kids go to university? Three things you need to know about access to higher education
- Dr John Jerrim, Reader in Educational & Social Statistics, UCL Institute of Education: Download the presentation
10.15-10.30am: Discussion and Q&A
10.30-10.45am: Break
10.45-11.15am: Global trends in science and world university rankings: converging or diverging?
- Professor Robert Tijssen, Chair of Science & Innovation Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands: Download the presentation
11.15-11.45am: The quest for world-class status: challenges and prospects for higher education in Asia
- Professor Joshua Ka Ho Mok, Lingnan University, Hong Kong: Download the presentation
11.45am-12.10pm: Discussion and Q&A
12.10-12.15pm: Closing remarks
- Professor Simon Marginson, Director CGHE
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