Lessons from global federations on transformation
Date: November 11, 2025
Time: 11:15 – 12:15
Location: Second stage
Federated universities have long embodied collaborative structures and ways of working, based on mutual capabilities and strengths, often bringing together a diverse range of institutions with different missions and focus areas. Today, they have vital lessons to offer policymakers and the wider sector as it looks to find new ways of working together.
Chair
James Coe
Associate editor
Wonkhe
Speakers
Phil Allmendinger
Pro vice chancellor (education)
University of London
Geoffrey Rodgers
Pro Vice-Chancellor Enterprise & Employment
Brunel University of London
Katherine Newman
UC System Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of California