Consultation Responses
GuildHE responds to new OfS condition of registration for tackling harassment and sexual misconduct in English higher education
On 30 July the Office for Students published a new condition of registration for tackling harassment and sexual misconduct in English higher education. "Sexual misconduct is as unacceptable in higher education as it is anywhere in society, and no student or staff...
GuildHE responds to DfE pause on HE (Freedom of Speech Act) and Independent Review of the OfS
On 26 July the Department for Education announced that the implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act will be paused. "GuildHE welcomes today's announcement to pause the implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act. Supporting our...
#ProtectStudentChoice campaign partners call for pause to the defunding of applied general qualifications
On 26 July the #ProtectStudentChoice campaign partners – including signatory GuildHE – wrote to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, urging to her to reconsider the plan announced this week not to pause the defunding of applied general qualifications...
GuildHE, UUK and CUC publish Franchise Governance Framework
GuildHE, in partnership with Universities UK and the Committee of University Chairs (CUC), has developed a Franchise Governance Framework to help senior leaders in universities to spot and manage risk in franchised partnerships. Download / read the Framework...
GuildHE responds to Secretary of State’s speech at Embassy Education Conference
On 24 July the Secretary of State for Education gave a keynote address at the Embassy Education Conference, which included the new government’s position on international students and higher education. View the full text of the speech "Be in no doubt: international...
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...
GuildHE and UKADIA launch new report ‘The Value of Creative Graduates’
GuildHE and UKADIA, with a steering group of creative specialist higher education providers and Creative UK, are today launching a new report ‘The Value of Creative Graduates’ that investigates and addresses the challenges of defining the value of creative graduates....
‘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...
GuildHE responds to REF2029 PCE Pilot Exercise announcement
On 17 July the Research Excellence Framework announced a diverse spread of 40 institutions selected to submit to the People, Culture and Environment (PCE) Pilot Exercise, with seven GuildHE members amongst them. "We are delighted to see seven of our GuildHE members...