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ISE HE Conference 2026

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8 Dec 2026, 9 Dec 2026, 10 Dec 2026

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Keynote Speaker: Zena Everett

We're delighted to announce that Zena Everett, speaker and coach will be joining us as Keynote Speaker at the ISE HE Conference.

Zena helps people and organisations work smarter: replacing crazy busy distraction and overwhelm with clarity, boundaries, ruthless prioritisation and career success.

Zena is the author of three books: Mind Flip: Take the Fear out of Your Career, the award-winning Crazy Busy Cure and W H Smith Travel’s Business Book of the Month, Badly Behaved People.

A recruitment entrepreneur and Cranfield Business Growth Programme alumna, Zena sold her business in 2007, then studied an MSc in Organisational Psychology and Career Management and other post graduate qualifications in psychological coaching and leadership (including at MIT Sloan Business School).   She has coached on the Executive MBA Programme at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and is a member of the Associate Faculty at Henley Business School.  
Find out more about her at: www.zenaeverett.com

  

 

Through a mix of panels, research led sessions and case studies, the ISE HE Conference programme will include expert advice and opinion from employers, universities and key industry stakeholders on employability, skills,  attraction activity, application processes and workforce planning.

Confirmed sessions

  • Graduate outcomes, devolution and place: using data for skills strategy
    with Charlie Ball, Jisc

  • ISE Student Recruitment and Development Reports: skills trends
    with ISE's Head of Insights, Dr Claire Tyler and employer panel
  • Embedding employability in the curriculum
    with Bath Spa University with an employer partner
  • Exploring excellence: recognising the best in collaboration
    with ISE Award winners, Birmingham City University and partners

More sessions will be announced over the coming weeks.

Employer speakers

A hugely valuable aspect of the conference is hearing from employers on their approaches and successes and how they've teamed up with universities. We're pleased to share the following employers will be giving their views, with more to be announced soon:

  • Lindsay Rowe, Sainsbury's
  • Emily Goodyear, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
  • Nicholas Wills, Atkins Limited

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  • Last year myself and EY colleagues found the conference added a whole tonne of value to our future planning. It wasn’t your typical conference – more of a deep dive into what’s really happening in talent acquisition. Focusing on the topics that matter including AI in recruitment and effective early careers programme management. It you’re serious about staying on top of your game, the ISE conference is the place to be.

    Greame Butler, Assistant Director, EY

  • I always find the ISE Recruitment Conference a great opportunity to connect with peers, hear about innovations and new ideas, and reflect our Early Careers strategy for the year ahead.

    Phil Sartain, Early Careers Leader, Aon

  • When I first attended the ISE Conference I learned so much from the people I met and the sessions I attended.  Over 15 years later I keep going back because every year I still learn something new.

    Paul Roberts, Early Careers Programme Associate, RWE