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Anti-racism webinar three: Joel Dunn – My story through the lens of cultural influence
Joel is the CEO and Founder of Paradigm project, which is a specialist prevention mentoring organisation seeking to reduce serious youth violence. The organisation looks at the root causes of violence and uses key social indicators to make positive change in the main...
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Anti-racism webinar two: Tesse Akpeki
Lead Governance Consultant at Bates Wells, a Senior Associate Consultant NCVO, a Chartered Secretary, Mediator, Coach and Facilitator, Tesse’s passion for bridge-building emerged as a result of her childhood years in care in Northern Ireland, where she...
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The National Student Survey – a tool for enhancing provision or driving down standards?
The National Student Survey has exerted “downwards pressure on standards…driven by both the survey’s current structure and its usage in developing sector league tables and rankings.” So said Ministers Donelan, Solloway and Lord Bethell when they launched their policy...
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Anti-racism webinar one: Daniel Stone
Daniel Stone gave a fascinating talk in which he outlined his personal life journey leading up to and following studying his undergraduate degree at Oxford University. Daniel is from Jamaican heritage and his grandparents came to the UK as part of the Windrush...
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Student engagement during COVID-19
Today, GuildHE Students’ Union Network is having its first meeting of the academic year. This provides an excellent opportunity for students’ union representatives to come together and share best practice. We know that our institutions often have relatively small...
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The GuildHE anti-racism initiative: more talk and more action
This blog first appeared in the Wonkhe Daily on 1st October: We have all been reflecting over the last few months just how successful our equality and diversity work has truly been in narrowing the gap for black students and staff. Higher education providers of all...
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Reaching an agreement on UK participation in Horizon Europe
Along with over 100 organisations and individuals representing the research community across the UK and Europe, GuildHE has signed a joint statement, published today, that sets out how negotiators could secure an agreement on UK participation in the EU’s major...
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Higher technical education reforms
Our CEO Gordon McKenzie has published the following statement, in light of the Department for Education's 'Reforming higher technical education' consultation response, released today (14th July): "GuildHE welcomes the government’s focus on getting more people...
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Sector-wide International consultation maps out the future of UK TNE
Following a three-month sector-wide international consultation, Universities UK, GuildHE and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) have endorsed new findings that will map out the future of approaches to quality enhancement of UK transnational...
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Universities supporting their communities
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the higher education sector with numerous challenges. However, the sector has come together and is certainly playing its part in supporting wider society. The online campaigns #UnisTogether, #unisupport and #wearetogether showcase...