The first annual Guardian Higher Education Summit for leaders and senior managers in UK higher education examined the global, financial, research, educational and civic challenges facing higher education in the UK.

The summit provided an integrated and comprehensive update on the latest policy and insight into future developments, and set out how the leading higher education institutions in the world are tackling the changes in higher education and research. It also examined the solutions they are developing, the consequences for public policy, and the future shape and sustainability of higher education institutions in the UK. Speakers included: Bill Rammell MP Minister of State for Further and Higher Education and Lifelong Learning, Department for Education and Skills (DfES) David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Education Boris Johnson MP, Shadow Minister for Higher Education Professor David Eastwood, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England(HEFCE)