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In his final address as the Higher Education Student Support Champion and Chair of HEMHIT (the Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce), Professor Edward Peck shares key insights into emerging trends set to shape the future of higher education and their implication for the design and delivery of student support.
Drawing on his extensive experience collaborating with higher education providers, sector bodies, students, and stakeholders since his appointment in summer 2022, Edward highlights the range of developments – from technological advances and evolving societal expectations to demographic shifts and changes in the labour market – that will shape the future of the campus university.
His keynote will invite institutions to reimagine student support, positioning it not as a secondary service but as one of the primary tasks of higher education alongside traditional notions of learning, teaching, and research. You’ll have the opportunity to reflect on whether your current support structures are equipped to meet the demands of this rapidly changing higher education landscape.
Professor Edward Peck joined Nottingham Trent University as Vice-Chancellor in August 2014. The university educates over 35,000 students and employs circa 4,500 staff across six campuses. Previously, he worked at the University of Birmingham as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Social Sciences. His early career was spent in the NHS where he led a national initiative to create community mental health services and close Victorian asylums. His academic interests encompass public policy and organisational leadership. He is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences.
Professor Peck is Interim Chair of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and a former Board member of both UUK and the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). He was a member of the UK Government's Post-18 Fees and Funding – aka Augar – Review Panel. In May 2022 he was appointed as the Department for Education’s Higher Education Student Support Champion and became Chair of the Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce in June 2023.
In July 2025 he will commence as Chair of the Office for Students.
In July 2020 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire and was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours List for Services to Higher Education.
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