As we emerge from the height of the pandemic, new and old challenges risk forcing equity down the list of institutional and government priorities. How much can we expect inequalities in access and success to change if how we deliver higher education, admit students and make policy remains the same? Is more radical change needed?

This event gathered policymakers, researchers and university leaders from across the world to examine the challenges to tackle to advance equity in access and success in higher education.

Speakers expanded on new research, examples of institutional innovation and international collaboration to identify good global practices to push the equity boundaries forward.

Introduction:

Andreas Corcoran, Deputy Secretary General, International Association of Universities

Speakers:

• Graeme Atherton, World Access to Higher Education Network, University of West London:

• Vivienne Lawack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, University of the Western Cape

• Francesc Pedró, UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC)// Martina Darminan, BFUG Social Dimension co-chair: Developing a monitoring system for higher education equity at national level

• Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Chair of the BFUG Working Group on Social Dimension

Watch the recording here on the IAU Youtube page.