Friday 25th May 2012
Hawthorns Conference Centre, West Bromwich


Further and Higher Education
Public/Private Sector Collaboration


The conference will include practical case studies from a number of local HEIs and FECs of developments designed to address the new emerging realities of higher education, including an input from an FE college which has gained Foundation degree awarding powers .

We are delighted to announce that we now have a commitment to speak at the conference from
the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Higher Education and Science, at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Other Keynote speakers will include:
Professor David Green, Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive of the University of Worcester, UUK member of the Advisory Committee on Degree Awarding Powers and former Chair of Universities West Midlands.
Nick Davy, HE Policy Manager, Association of Colleges
John Davies, Head of Programme Development, Higher Education Awards, Pearson.
John Ellison, Head of Higher Education, New College Durham
Peter Crisp, Chief Executive of BPP Law School
Adam Temple, Managing Director of BPP's Birmingham centre.
Professor Ian Oakes, Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Enterprise, at the University of Wolverhampton and a leading member of the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership.
Luke Millard, Birmingham City University
Paul Chapman, BCU Students' Union
Kim Hughes, Students' Union, Dudley College
Dr Philip Hallam, CEO, Resource Development International Ltd (RDI)

Delegate places cost £95, which includes lunch and refreshments