Please note that Early Bird rates are for full attendance only, and will be available until 1st July. After this date, the tickets will be at a Late Registration cost.
This theme for HEIR 2025 will be articulated across four key tracks:
Widening Access: exploring effective ways to boost participation of underrepresented groups and widen equality, diversity and inclusion in HE.
Supporting Retention: investigating what provision and interventions allow HEIs to support all students throughout the student lifecycle.
Improving Outcomes: tackling the link between learning and attainment, student experience and employability, within and beyond national policy frameworks.
Informing Policy: harnessing research and evaluation and promoting collaborations to bridge institutional practice and HE policy.
For more information about the conference, key note speakers, expert panel, and call for papers, visit our 2025 Conference page.
We are delighted to share our keynotes and expert panel speakers for our 2025 Conference at UEA:
OUR KEYNOTES:
Professor Bart Rienties Professor in Learning Analytics at the Institute of Educational Technology, Open University, UK The role of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Assistance in Student Inclusion, Retention and Outcomes
Dr. Bart Rienties is Professor of Learning Analytics and programme lead of the learning analytics and learning design research programme at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University UK. He leads a group of academics who provide university-wide learning analytics and learning design solutions and conduct evidence-based research of how students and professionals learn. As educational psychologist, he conducts multi-disciplinary research on work-based and collaborative learning environments and focuses on the role of social interaction in learning, which is published in leading academic journals and books. His primary research interests are focussed on Learning Analytics, Learning Design, and the role of motivation in learning.
Valerie Harvey Head of Performance Evaluation, Higher Education Authority, Ireland Institutional Data in a National Perspective: Student Outcomes in Irish Higher Education
Valerie Harvey is Head of Performance Evaluation with the Higher Education Authority (HEA), and is responsible for the development of institutional and system performance data reporting for the Irish higher education system. Valerie oversees two national surveys in Irish higher education, as managed by the HEA: StudentSurvey.ie, the national survey of student engagement and the Graduate Outcomes Survey. Over the last 10 years, Valerie has expanded the national evidence base for higher education by developing data linking infrastructure between the HEA and other data holders within higher education. Valerie’s academic background is in mathematics, statistics, computing and public policy.
OUR EXPERT PANEL
In addition to keynotes speakers, we will also be welcoming the following on our expert panel discussion session:
Sunday Blake – Education and Parliamentary Engagement Policy Manager at GuildHE, England
Rhona McCormack – Director of Student Affairs, University of Limerick, Ireland
Kerr Castle – TBC, Scotland
XXX – TBC, Wales
For more information about our 2025 conference, check out our conference page here.
