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How can universities prepare for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement?
How can universities prepare for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement? In an article for Research Professional News GuildHE's Director of Policy and Strategy Dr Kate Wicklow lays out the challenges involved and the elements that government and higher education...
A refocus on financial sustainability should mean a deeper think about regulation
In an article today for Wonkhe, 'A refocus on financial sustainability should mean a deeper think about regulation' GuildHE's Chief Finance Officer Mark Taylor makes the case for a change in the Office for Students regulatory framework to encourage more realistic...
Specialist and vocational institutions are essential to effective productivity and regional growth
GuildHE welcomed the opportunity to respond to the UK government’s consultation for ‘Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy’ We focused on evidencing the strong capabilities of specialist and vocational higher education providers to enable higher...
GuildHE’s response to the DfE Consultation on school curriculum reform
Breadth of subject focus GuildHE argues that the curriculum should be broad and balanced, offering students a wide range of subjects to study. We are concerned that the current focus on certain academic subjects is narrowing the curriculum and limiting students'...
How specialist online provider UCEM improves mental health provision
At UCEM, we are an online-only provider of higher education specialising in the built environment. This means we don’t have a physical campus and all our support and professional practice is contextualised and specific for online students and learners. Following the...
GuildHE shines a light on how the money comes in one door, but out the other…
With increases in both tuition fees and employer NI contributions announced, Dr Brooke Storer-Church argues that as the money is coming in one door it's going out the other. Recently, institutions across the sector received a letter from the Secretary of State,...
The sector needs a more credible position on credit transfer
With the Lifelong Learning Entitlement now a reality, GuildHE CEO Dr Brooke Storer-Church argues that it's time to reopen the argument about getting credit transfer working. Read the article on the Wonkhe website
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...