Higher Education Summit 2025
19 November 2025, 8:00 am – 5:45 pm
Location: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 5AG
Think tank: The Sutton Trust
This event hosted by UK think tank the Sutton Trust discusses research focusing on the role of higher education in social mobility internationally.
This event will follow research focusing on the role of higher education in social mobility internationally, with a focus on policy learnings for the United Kingdom and United States. The research and event are supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The research will take an international and comparative perspective to learn from the successes and failures of efforts to improve access and outcomes in different higher education systems. This will further our knowledge of how education can, more effectively, operate as an engine for breaking down barriers to opportunity.
Speakers
Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern – Minister for Skills
Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP – Former Education Secretary
John Friedman – Founding Co-Director of Opportunity Insights
Rt Hon Lord Willets FRS – President of the Resolution Foundation
Dame Sally Mapstone – Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
Vivienne Stern MBE – Chief Executive of Universities UK
