My First Year as Lay Chair

My First Year as Lay Chair

Following the GuildHE Council meeting on January 20th on Governance, Monisha Shah, Chair of Governors at Rose Bruford and a panelist discussing governance on the day, expands on her first year in the post in this blog piece below. My First Year as Lay Chair of...
University: What’s in a Title?

University: What’s in a Title?

What is a university? This feels like a rather academic question, and indeed I did an essay on a fairly similar topic during my Masters. However, as I reflect on the recent Government Green Paper proposals surrounding university title and try and pin down my idea for...
University: What’s in a Title?

University: What’s in a Title?

What is a university? This feels like a rather academic question, and indeed I did an essay on a fairly similar topic during my Masters. However, as I reflect on the recent Government Green Paper proposals surrounding university title and try and pin down my idea for...
Meeting the supply of teachers

Meeting the supply of teachers

Alex Bols, Deputy CEO, GuildHE has written a blog post for the British Educational Research Association (BERA) about meeting the demands of the teaching crisis and highlights two key issues to this problem – difficulty in recruiting and high exit rates. The full...

Beyond conspiracy: Why TEF plus fees may drive efficiency

Gordon McKenzie, CEO, GuildHE has written a blog, ‘Beyond conspiracy: Why TEF plus fees may drive efficiency’, for wonkhe. You can read the full blog below.   On the 15th January 1965 the Who released their first album, I Can’t Explain. Fifty-one...
TEF – Measuring what counts, or counting what’s measured?

TEF – Measuring what counts, or counting what’s measured?

Alex Bols, Deputy CEO, GuildHE Originally delivered at the University of Chichester, 9th December 2015 Introduction I would like to start by thanking you for inviting me to speak this evening, much of the education press and policy makers have been thinking of little...