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Tackling the Climate Crisis Report
GuildHE is launching a new report today ‘Tackling the Climate Crisis’ authored by Dr Alex Bols, Deputy CEO, GuildHE, which provides an in depth insight into how smaller and specialist universities and colleges within the UK are engaging with the issue at an...
GuildHE responds to OfS investigation fees consultation
In our response to the recent OfS consultation on payment of fees for investigations GuildHE emphasises that universities and colleges can only agree to pay for investigations when they have a bit more information. We believe that there should be transparent criteria...
Member special offer – HashtagHigherEdUK marketing event
GuildHE is delighted to be an event partner for HashtagHigherEdUK which will be held at Newcastle University on 20-21 April. The event is a dedicated forum for higher education marketing and communications professionals to come together and share best practices in...
Great Expectations – Data in Regulation
Great Expectations - Data in Regulation Our relationship with data has changed dramatically over the years and expectations of the value that we can derive from data are increasing exponentially. The monitoring and regulation of HE is now driven through statistical...
GuildHE Annual Report 2021-2022
GuildHE Annual Report 2021-22 This annual report sets out the key issues that GuildHE has addressed over the last year. It begins by highlighting our key achievements, demonstrating successes in all areas of the GuildHE strategy, and then looks in more detail at our...
Embracing diversity to expand knowledge and understanding
Authored by Professor Nick Braisby, Vice-Chancellor, Buckinghamshire New University and GuildHE Board Diversity Champion 70 years ago, in 1952, the world was facing a choice – whether or not to respect the identity of sexual minorities. That year, the American...
GuildHE Regulation Briefing: Regulation of Higher Education in England – is there another way?
The second GuildHE briefing in our new regulation series considers ‘Regulation of Higher Education in England – is there another way?’ and is authored by Smita Jamdar, Partner and Head of Education at Shakespeare Martineau. Gordon McKenzie, Chief Executive of GuildHE...
Are you ready for Data Futures?
With all the excitement of the last few months, you might not have realised that we are finally in the first academic year of a new approach to data collection. The Data Futures project has been a long time coming, with the first working group meeting back in 2017. A...
GuildHE responds to OfS consultation on the future approach to regulating equality of opportunity in English higher education
Our response GuildHE have responded to the OfS consultation on the future approach to regulating equality of opportunity in English higher education. Overall we are grateful to the OfS for recognising - in the case of APPs - the substantial burden the current process...
GuildHE Regulation Briefing: Introduction, burden, cost and overlap
Regulatory burden on smaller providers: GuildHE has published the first in a series of briefings looking at the regulatory burden on smaller and specialist institutions, highlighting the impact of smaller datasets, resources and proportional costs, regulatory overlap...