Higher Education Connect 25

Thanks for a great conference!

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Our fourth international conference on digital leadership and strategy in higher education was a big success!

Thanks to everyone who made it to Manchester on September 23 and 24. As Joyce Peralta from McGill wrote after the conference:

“It was fantastic to have the opportunity to share tips and lessons learned with teams with similar project goals and objectives to ours”

Working groups and interactivity is an important part of our learning experience. Kris Purdy from Glasgow put the participants to work

Blog posts and LinkedIn updates will be added shortly to keep the conversation and learning going.

Speakers

What is HE Connect?

It is an international conference with confirmed participants from Europe and North America. A friendly mix of mostly digital leaders in higher education alongside just a few vendors, agencies, analysts who get together to learn, network and talk about what really matters when it comes to creating better digital experiences right now and for the foreseeable future.

Here’s what some of last year’s participants wrote:

Sarah Wilson from University of Leeds: “a wonderful, welcoming and supportive group of people I had the pleasure of spending two days with“
Tom Noble-Sabokbar at Squiz: “Great few days in Leeds talking with HE professionals”

It’s our 4th edition since the start in 2022.

Who’s joining us?

On the list of participants, you can already find digital leaders from organisations like City, University of London, Dublin City University, Imperial College London, Manchester Business School, McGill University, Universidad Europea, University of Chester, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Leeds, University of Limerick and University of Oxford.

Among the fine vendors and agencies joining us are Bloomreach, GAIN, GECKO, Griddo, Little Forest, Numiko, Platform.sh, +Pluswerk, Squiz, and Terminalfour.

Thanks to all who have made the commitment to learning and networking.

We’ll keep this list updated as we get nearer the conference.

Conference partners

Venue

The conference is held at the Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel on the banks of the River Irwell.

First built as a warehouse in 1844 this charming venue is less than 10 minutes walk from Deansgate or Salford Central train stations. Manchester Piccadelly is about 10 minutes cab ride.

You can stay at the Marriott or naturally also at one of the many nearby hotels in all price ranges.