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Doing the Math on Higher Education Data
What are higher education data for? And whom do they serve? These questions were prompted by reflecting on and comparing what was said about data in the 2011 White Paper, Students at the heart of the system, and this month’s Green Paper, Fulfilling Our Potential. In...
GuildHE response to the Nurse Review
GuildHE Response to Nurse Review Responding to the publication of Sir Paul Nurse’s Review of the Research Councils, Professor Joy Carter, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winchester and Chair of GuildHE, said: “We welcome the recommendation that the dual funding...
GuildHE response to the Nurse Review
GuildHE Response to Nurse Review Responding to the publication of Sir Paul Nurse’s Review of the Research Councils, Professor Joy Carter, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winchester and Chair of GuildHE, said: “We welcome the recommendation that the dual funding...
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Students could be drawn out of democracy by boundary changes
The National Union of Students (NUS) has joined with university and college leaders and staff over the serious risk students could be under-represented by newly drawn parliamentary boundaries. They are collectively calling on students to make sure they are registered...
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Students could be drawn out of democracy by boundary changes
The National Union of Students (NUS) has joined with university and college leaders and staff over the serious risk students could be under-represented by newly drawn parliamentary boundaries. They are collectively calling on students to make sure they are registered...
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Statement of Good Practice
HEFCE, GuildHE, the Association of Colleges, the National Union of Students, Study UK, the Independent Universities Group and Universities UK announce the publication of the jointly developed Statement of Good Practice on higher education course changes and closures....
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Gently does it: Measuring teaching excellence will take time and subtlety
The UK has an outstanding higher education system delivering excellent teaching so universities should approach the proposed Teaching Excellence Framework with confidence. This excellence has been demonstrated over many years, through one of the longest running...
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Future of Quality Assessment
As I finalise the GuildHE response to the HEFCE Quality Assessment Consultation I have been surprised by the strength of feeling that the consultation has provoked in the discussions I've been involved with, draft responses I’ve seen and the round-table that we...
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Autumn Term Blues
As we approach the beginning of September the HE sector is busy preparing for the new term, and worrying about the new term blues (well, there are no yellows left!) So what’s on the agenda for the term ahead? Teaching excellence and quality New Head Boy, Jo, has been...
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GuildHE versus the rest (of the university groups), what do students think?
Exclusive insights from Higher Expectations and implications for marketing & communications by William Annandale, Quadrant Consultants and James MacGregor, YouthSight “GuildHE students are independent, single minded and focused.” Higher Expectations is an annual...