• hands supporting each other
      Research and innovation
      20 June 2025

      'Walking the Ottoline: Make R&D Consolidation about Collaboration'

      A brilliant new think piece by our Head of Research Policy Rachel Persad responds to last week's UK Research and Innovation suggestions that…

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      Rachel Persad, Head of Research Policy
      Rachel Persad
    • Doctoral students taking part in group activity
      News
      9 June 2025

      GuildHE's third sold-out Research Doctoral Festival to focus on 'Beyond the Thesis: Thriving in Research and Making it Count'

      On 11 - 12 June GuildHE will hold their third and sold-out GuildHE Research Doctoral Festival at member institution the University of Winchester.

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    • Tutor advising student
      Research and innovation
      7 April 2025

      Integrity Concordat restates core values while adapting to change

      In an article for Research Professional Rachel Persad and Mehwaesh Islam, Heads of Research Policy at GuildHE and Universities UK, set out how the…

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      Rachel Persad, Head of Research Policy
      Rachel Persad
  • Member spotlight
    14 February 2025

    Collaboration drives research capacity in specialist sectors

    It is a great advantage of the UK higher education system that more emergent institutions may, through accreditation agreements for research degrees…

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    Rachel Persad, Head of Research Policy
    Rachel Persad