World Access to Higher Education Day 2026 (WAHED26): AI, Advocacy and Action: Making Equality in Higher Education Happen
World Access to Higher Education Day 2026 (WAHED26): AI, Advocacy and Action: Making Equality in Higher Education Happen
24 November 2026
You are warmly invited to join us for WAHED26. This year's theme, "AI, Advocacy and Action: Making Equality in Higher Education Happen", comes at a pivotal moment for the sector. As artificial intelligence transforms education and society, WAHED26 will explore how AI can be harnessed as a tool for access, participation and success, rather than becoming another barrier to opportunity. Speakers will include Andreas Schleicher (Director of Education and Skills, OECD), Arturo Cherbowski Lask (Executive Director, Santander Universities, Mexico), Alicia Salomone (Profesora Titular, University of Chile), Artūrs Černiševs (Senior Expert, Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Latvia), Kimberly Jones (CEO, Council of Opportunity in Education USA) and Henriette Reierson Johnstone (President of SAIH, the Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund, Norway), with more to be announced.