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A new future for universities: how can universities help support national renewal and local pride?
29 September 2025, 3:15 pm–4:15 pm
UCL Policy Lab at Labour Party Conference 2025.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Maddy Breen
Location
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Sherwood Arena RoomACCKing's DockLiverpoolL3 4FP
Universities are engines of innovation and teaching – yet they can also play a crucial role in national life and local pride. Join leading voices, including MPs, civil society, and researchers, to explore latest polling and analysis from UCL and More in Common on the future of universities and their role in national renewal and local pride.
This event takes place in the secure zone of the Labour Party Conference - a conference pass is required.
About the Speakers
Miranda Green
at Financial Times
Polly Mackenzie
Political Strategist and Researcher
Dame Chi Onwurah MP
Chair of Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Michael Spence
President & Provost at UCL
Hetan Shah
Chief Executive at British Academy
Marcos Vera-Hernández
Professor of Economics at UCL