WATCH RECORDING: Going Further and Higher report launch

How can college and university relationships be further developed across the four nations of the UK to better support individuals, employers and communities?

On Monday 7 February 2022, the Independent Commission on the College of the Future held a webinar to discuss their new joint report, Going further and higher: how collaboration between colleges and universities can transform lives and places.

Chaired by Smita Jamdar, Partner and Head of Education at Shakespeare Martineau and member of the Independent Commission’s expert panel, we were delighted to be joined by the following speakers:

• Sir Ian Diamond, Chair of the Independent Commission on the College of the Future
• Richard Calvert, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategy and Operations) at Sheffield Hallam University and Strategic Lead for the Civic University Network
• Philippa Alway, co-author of the report and Communications and Projects Manager at the Independent Commission on the College of the Future
• Audrey Cumberford FRSE MBE, Principal & CEO at Edinburgh College and member of the Independent Commission on the College of the Future
• Dr Shaid Mahmood, Chief Officer for Transformation and Change at Leeds City Council, Chair AoC and the Luminate Education Group and Pro-Vice-Chancellor designate at Durham University
• Mark Huddleston, Director at jheSOLUTIONS Limited and formerly NI Commissioner for Employment and Skills
• Yana Williams, Chief Executive at Coleg Cambria

You can read the report in both Welsh language and English language here.