Fair admissions is one of the key issues facing the HE sector today, in both the short and longer term. The pandemic will continue to affect grading and admissions this year and next, raising serious questions about fairness within and across cohorts. Longer term, the number of university aged students is growing at a quicker rate than the number of places, raising further challenges for addressing inequalities of access to higher education. Our conference aims to bring together some of the most informed and challenging voices and approaches from around the world to shape the ideas, practices and policies to deliver fair admissions in higher education.

Confirmed speakers include:

Mary Curnock Cook, Independent education expert

Quintin McKellar CBE, Vice-Chancellor, University of Hertfordshire

Harry Brighouse, Professor of Philosophy, specialising in education policy and philosophy, University of Wisconsin

Dr Karen Stegers-Jager, Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Vikki Boliver, Professor of Sociology, Durham University

Dr Omar Khan, Director, TASO

James Turner, CEO, Sutton Trust

We welcome your attendance at what promises to be an insightful and valuable conference bringing together some leading voices in the sector to explore potential solutions to one of the biggest issues facing the HE sector today.