Proposed REF replacement would be ripe for abuse
In an article this week for Research Professional News, GuildHE's Head of Research Policy Rachel Persad warns that a proposed new model for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) would be "ripe for abuse" and "a regressive step, entrenching the status quo and making...
GuildHE member success: Turing Scheme funding applications
This year ten GuildHE members’ have submitted successful applications for funding to the Turing Scheme UK for 2024/25, enabling students and learners to experience life-changing international experiences as they study or work abroad. Successful GuildHE applicants are:...
GuildHE members awarded more than £1m in OfS degree apprenticeships funding
GuildHE members have been awarded more than £1 million in funding from the third wave of the Office for Students £14 million degree apprenticeships fund to increase the number of Level 6 apprenticeships in England. GuildHE Chief Executive Officer Dr Brooke...
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The Lifelong Learning Entitlement could still be a game changer for higher education
In an article for the Higher Education Policy Institute, GuildHE's Director of Policy and Strategy Dr Kate Wicklow explains why the Lifelong Learning Entitlement could still be a game changer for higher education and explores the opportunities and challenges ahead....
Scrutinising the motive behind the DfE Non Medical Help Call for Evidence
Ellen Graves, GuildHE Policy Officer, scrutinises the motive behind the DfE Non Medical Help Call for Evidence in a thought-provoking blog. The Department for Education’s Call for Evidence on improving non-medical help (NMH) for disabled students asks the sector what...
‘The Value of Creative Graduates’: Lisa Mann, Executive Director of Innovation at AUB
GuildHE and UKADIA, with a steering group of creative specialist higher education providers and Creative UK, have published an important new report ‘The Value of Creative Graduates’. In a blog for GuildHE, Lisa Mann, Executive Director of Innovation at Arts University...
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