The Venn – a forum for university leaders who face outward – works on a simple premise: higher education reputation is founded in deeds, not just words. Too often UK higher education finds itself on the back foot in the public conversation, treated as a political football, and expected to have an answer to various complicated social ills. So how do we respond?

Coming together in defence and celebration of higher education, this session, chaired by The Venn co-founder Alex Favier, will explore some of the critical reputational challenges facing higher education institutions and work through ideas for how to tackle them working across and between different professional disciplines.