Adobe

Adobe empowers university faculty around the world to prepare students for the modern economy with Adobe Creative Cloud’s career-relevant digital tools for creative and persuasive communications, so that students across all disciplines can actively participate in the classroom and graduate with digital skills for the workplace. Adobe is committed to helping institutions incorporate digital tools into the curriculum with resources such as free professional development and teaching modules. We share best practices from our partner institutions and host discussions and forums from a wide range of higher education leaders.

Mills & Reeve

Mills & Reeve is a major UK law firm and a top tier provider of legal services to the education sector in England and Wales. The firm has one of the largest teams of specialist education lawyers in the country with legal expertise in all areas in which universities need support. This means they can resource work at the most cost effective level. The firm provides clients with expert lawyers who know the sector back to front and give practical, context-aware advice that they know works.

Public First

Public First is a policy, research, public opinion and strategy consultancy. We work with universities, charities, global companies, governments, and start ups around the world to tackle major public policy and strategic challenges.

evasys

evasys is the leading provider of student evaluation and insight solutions to the HE sector. evasys provides a holistic, integrated, online and automated end to end survey process that will revolutionise institutional approach to collecting student feedback. evasys are the HE experts, working solely with universities and related institutions across the UK and Ireland, complemented by a senior team with over 60 years’ combined experience and expertise gathered from working within universities.

Unite Students

Unite Students is the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation serving the country’s world-leading higher education sector.

Our common purpose is to provide a Home for Success for the students who live with us and to be the most trusted brand in the sector. Our brand promises are to provide a space to grow and thrive, to provide a place to belong and be there when students need us.

Kortext

Kortext is a global leader in digital learning and student engagement solutions. Our vision is to enable and enrich the higher education of tomorrow, to help all students fulfil their potential.

We support institutions across the world in their mission to boost student engagement and drive outcomes with our AI-powered, cutting-edge content discovery and study platforms, market-leading learner analytics, and streamlined workflows for higher education staff.

Kortext is a trusted university partner, providing services to over 5,000 institutions and two million students worldwide. We are present in more than 200 countries and territories, offering digital solutions across programmes, whole institutions and entire countries.

Our smart study platform provides a personalised, VLE-embedded, digital learning space for students to access course content, while offering institutions a gateway to five million eBooks, open educational resources and digital materials from 8,000 publishers.

As a certified Microsoft Gold education partner, we are working collaboratively to enable higher education institutions to leverage the capabilities of generative AI at scale – safely. Our innovative new developments apply the power of AI to content, data, teaching and learning, offering universities a unified solution to accelerate their digital transformation.

KPMG

Universities face multiple questions in a rapidly transforming world. At KPMG, we have deep understanding of the sector built up over many years. We worked with 130+ Universities last year and ranked in the top education consultancy firms by consultancy.uk. Our unique insight means we bring both challenge and understanding – bridging the gap between strategy and execution. We offer incisive insights and fresh thinking. We draw on sector specialists and technical expertise to bring multi-disciplinary solutions. Through trusted relationships, we help institutions achieve transformative success.

UPP Foundation

The UPP Foundation is a registered charity that offers grants to universities, charities and other higher education bodies. We aim to tackle the biggest issues facing the higher education sector across the UK. The UPP Foundation was created in 2016 by University Partnerships Programme (UPP), the UK’s leading provider of on-campus residential and academic accommodation infrastructure.

STREAM by Kortext

In today’s diverse and digital learning environment, understanding student engagement is key to helping every student reach their full potential. StREAM by Kortext offers a unique method for understanding student engagement across all aspects of academic learning. StREAM’s powerful algorithm transforms educational purposeful activities into a clear, unbiased engagement score, making it easier to assess and enhance student involvement.

IDP Connect

Forming part of IDP Education – the global leader in connecting prospective students to institutions for over 50 years – we offer universities a one-stop-shop of student recruitment, digital marketing, and data services. We are student-first and driven by helping international and domestic prospective students find the right higher education opportunities for them.

UCAS

UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, is an independent charity, and the UK’s shared admissions service for higher education. Our services support young people making post-18 choices, as well as mature learners, by providing information, advice, and guidance to inspire and facilitate educational progression to university, college, or a degree apprenticeship.

Salesforce

Salesforce partners with education institutions globally, developing the technology, the partnerships, and the communities they need to thrive today and tomorrow. From building brand awareness, transforming the applicant experience, enhancing student services, nurturing lifelong alumni relationships, and optimising technology across the campus, Salesforce helps them unlock new efficiencies and build deep student connections with Data + AI + CRM and Trust!

Saxton Bampfylde – sponsors of the festival reception

Saxton Bampfylde is a globally recognised leadership advisory firm known for its values-driven, research-intensive approach to executive search. With a global network of over 130 consulting partners in 40 offices around the world, the firm has established long-term partnerships with leading organisations across a diverse range of sectors. Its dedicated Higher Education Practice, with over 35 years of experience, has advised on numerous senior appointments, including more than 190 vice-chancellors worldwide. Our Higher Education Practice’s expertise is enhanced by its experience in appointing leaders in related sectors, including Government and the private sector. As the first employee-owned executive search company, Saxton Bampfylde is dedicated to supporting the success of its clients through bespoke leadership services.

jobs.ac.uk – sponsors of delegate bags

For 25 years, jobs.ac.uk has been a market leader in the education sector. We help colleges, universities and HE providers attract the best talent for their institution.

We advertise vacancies from academic, research and professional positions at institutions across the world and engage with a large audience of highly qualified candidates.

We are drawing and growing an impressive audience with over 31.5 million views annually, providing jobseekers with access to careers support and to search for their next opportunity.

We are committed to advancing the education sector and delivering high quality candidates for our clients.

Invest in Uk University R&D – Midlands

Led by Midlands Innovation, the Midlands Engine Partnership and Midlands Enterprise Universities, the ‘Invest in UK University R&D Midlands’ campaign, delivered in partnership with UK Government, brings together and showcases the collective capabilities of 17 leading universities from the heart of the UK. Through pioneering co-location, patient capital for university spin-outs, joint research and technology demonstrators, Midlands universities are redefining how academia works in partnership with industry and have shaped a compelling offer for international investors.

With world leading facilities, expertise and intellectual property across agri-tech; creative and digital industries; health & life sciences; transport technology, and zero-carbon energy, meet our university and business leaders to explore new opportunities to collaborate. Opportunities include new research commissions and product validation; prime new business location opportunities in the centre of England (with 92% of the UK population within a 4 hour drive); intellectual property and commercialisation, and major capital projects.

Group GTI

GTI partners with educators to scale students’ skills and success and with employers to build outstanding future workforces. The targetconnect platform delivers careers, wellbeing and professional services through staff-student CRM, case management, e-learning, AI and employer connections at scale. Cibyl is a data analytics service to understand students through research and a single student view, delivering strategic insights and proactive, predictive interventions. We work with 96 universities to maximise engagement and outcomes.