Radical collaboration – a playbook
Date: November 12, 2025
Time: 09:30 – 11:00
Location: Unconference space
They said it would never take off, but now radical collaboration is the hot topic of the moment. Yet despite the widespread interest in different ways of merging or otherwise combining institutions – to create economies of scale, and new offers to students and regions – there remain cultural, legal and structural barriers to making radical collaborations work. KPMG and Mills & Reeve have undertaken in-depth work on the strategic and legal implications of bringing HE institutions together – and in this session you’ll have the chance to think through the various options available, what opportunities and risks might emerge, and the implications for ways of working and student experience.
Speakers
Poppy Short
Partner
Mills & Reeve LLP
Sam Sutton
Principal Associate
Mills & Reeve
Andrea Turley
Partner
KPMG
Lizzie Garland
Management Consultant
KPMG