Tuesday 17 June 2025, 10:30am - 3pm
In person
Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1 9HB
This event is exclusively for GuildHE members.
The GuildHE Admissions and Marketing/Communications Networks are invited to an in-person joint meeting on Tuesday 17 June, to take place in the GuildHE Boardroom, Woburn House, London. We very much hope you can join us!
Agenda
10.30am: Arrival and refreshments
10.50am: Event welcome, policy and members update
11.00am: DfE: Level 3 qualifications reform
- Isabel Metcalfe, Private Secretary to the Minister for Higher Education, Skill and Apprenticeships, DfE, and Sean Milner, DfE
11:45: University admissions and qualifying home languages
- Emma Humphries, Early Career Researcher, Queen’s University Belfast
12:15: New Competition and Markets Authority guidance on compliance for UK universities
- Joanna Forbes, Legal Director, Shakespeare Martineau
1.00pm: Lunch
1.30pm: UCAS: new strategy & priorities; policy discussion on post-16 white paper, HE reform, LLE, franchising, immigration; reflections ahead of clearing and confirmation
- Philippa Alway, Senior Policy Adviser (Skills, Schools and Colleges) UCAS and Haleema Masud, Policy Advisor, UCAS
2.15pm: The new politics of admissions: how global events shape student decisions
- Jim Coe, Consultant , Counterculture
3.00pm: Close