SUMS Annual Conference 2027
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10th February 2027 | 10:00 - 17:00 | Woburn House Conference Centre |
Building a roadmap for higher education
From reinvention to reality
The uncomfortable truth is that higher education (as we know it) is running out of road.
Universities are facing sustained financial pressure, changing student expectations and growing demands for transformation. Incremental change is no longer enough. Institutions now face a critical choice: preserve legacy models until they fail OR use this moment as a catalyst for fundamental redesign.
The SUMS Consulting Annual Conference 2027 will bring together higher education leaders from across the sector to explore what comes next. This isn’t a conference about simply coping with challenge. It’s about agency, leadership and deliberate design.
Together, we’ll examine:
- What universities could look like if they were designed from first principles
- What lessons higher education can learn from organisations that have successfully reinvented themselves
- What genuinely needs to change culturally, operationally and structurally
- How institutions can balance immediate sustainability with long-term transformation
- How leaders can create practical, owned roadmaps for change rather than relying on external solutions.
Tickets for the SUMS Consulting Annual Conference 2027 will be released to SUMS members from Autumn 2026.
Register your interest today to be the first to hear when tickets go live!