2025-26 Event Calendar

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From conferences to roundtables, WAHEN hosts a broad range of events. See our calendar below for what is coming up this year:

For WAHEN membership exclusive events, please see your members newsletter for joining details.

  • September 4

    September

    4

    Roundtable Discussion

    AI for Equity in Higher Education

    This is an invitation-only event.

  • September 7

    September

    7

    Roundtable Discussion

    AI for Equity in Higher Education

    This is an invitation-only event.

  • September 15

    September

    15

    SGroup-TTSMU & WAHEN Conference: Inclusion and Social Mission in Higher Education

    Inclusion and Social Mission in Higher Education.

    Begins at: 9am BST / 10am CET /11am

    This is an online-only event.

    This event is free to both WAHEN members and non-members.

    Featuring:

    Professor Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair at York University in Toronto, Canada. 
    Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Executive Director, Institute for the Development of Education (IDE), Croatia
    Neli Kalinive-Schmieder, Project & Policy Officer, Erasmus Student Network
    Sonal Singh, Head of Equity Pathways, Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion, Australia 
    Mo Malele, Student Development Advisor, The Saville Foundation, South Africa
    and many more...

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  • September 18

    September

    18

    Roundtable Discussion

    AI for Equity in Higher Education

    This is an invitation-only event.

  • September 22

    September

    22

    Disability and Inclusive Practice in Higher Education

    WAHEN Global Community: Disability and Inclusive Practice.

    This is a WAHEN membership exclusive event.

    This session will be chaired by Martin Webster, Director of the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON), UK.

  • October 6

    October

    6

    Leadership and Strategy for Advancing Equity

    WAHEN Global Community: Leadership and Strategy for Advancing Equity.

    This is a WAHEN membership exclusive event

    This session will be chaired by Sonal Singh, Head of Equity Pathways, Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion.

  • October 14

    October

    14

    Supporting low income and first-generation students to access higher education 

    WAHEN Global Community: Supporting low income and first-generation students to access higher education.

    This is a WAHEN membership exclusive event.

    This session will be chaired by Professor Graeme Atherton, Vice-Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford; Head of Ruskin Institute for Social Equity (RISE); Director of WAHEN, UK.

  • October 23

    October

    23

    Equity and diversity: Understanding policy approaches across regions and countries

    WAHEN Global Community: Equity and diversity: Understanding policy approaches across regions and countries.

    This is a WAHEN membership exclusive event.

    This session will be chaired by Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Executive Director of the Institute for the Development of Education (IDE), Croatia.

  • November 13

    November

    13

    Building the evidence base for access and success

    WAHEN Global Community: Building the evidence base for access and success.

    This is a WAHEN membership exclusive event.

    This session will be co-chaired by Dr Courtney Brown, Vice President of Impact and Planning at the Lumina Foundation, USA and Dr Samina Khan, Director for Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach at the University of Oxford, UK.

  • November 24

    November

    24

    WAHED26

    WAHED @ EPHEA: WAHED hybrid conference focusing on the Asia Pacific region in partnership with Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Association.

    More details to be announced.

  • November 24

    November

    24

    WAHED26: AI, Advocacy and Action – Making equality in HE happen

    WAHED26: AI, Advocacy and Action – Making equality in HE happen is a FREE online event.

    Register your place today.

    Speakers will include:

    Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD
    Mia Wallin-Hansen, Policy Officer, EU Commission
    Juanita Bodmer, Head of Strategy, ATENEA
    Kimberly Jones, President, Council of Opportunity in Education
    Henriette Reierson Johnstone, Leader Executive Committee, SAIH

    And more to be announced.

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  • December 9

    December

    9

    Driving Student Success

    WAHEN Global Community: Driving Student Success.

    This is a WAHEN membership exclusive event.

    This session will be chaired by Dr. Julian Ledesma, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Equity and Success, UC Berkeley.

  • December 10

    December

    10

    Participation, access and success for Refugee Students

    WAHEN Global Community: Participation, access and success for Refugee Students

    In partnership with UNHCR.

  • December 14

    December

    14

    AI, Data and New Frontiers for Higher Education Equity

    WAHEN Global Community: AI, Data and New Frontiers for Higher Education Equity.

    This is a WAHEN membership exclusive event.

    This session will be chaired by Professor Graeme Atherton, Vice-Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford; Head of Ruskin Institute for Social Equity (RISE); Director of WAHEN, UK.

Previous Events

Some previous events are available as recordings on our YouTube channel.

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