• Highlights

    • Doctoral students taking part in group activity
      News
      29 April 2026

      Rising to the challenge: GuildHE Doctoral Festival 2026 celebrates the next generation of researchers

      On Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 May, GuildHE Research will host its fourth Doctoral Festival 2026 at Northeastern University London, bringing together…

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    • Lab coat unsplash
      News
      25 March 2026

      Making the invisible visible: GuildHE RKE Symposium 2026

      Colleagues from across the sector came together this week for the second Research and Knowledge Exchange Symposium convened by GuildHE. This annual…

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      Rachel Persad
      Rachel Persad
    • Research scientist working in a laboratory
      News
      9 February 2026

      GuildHE strengthens support for technicians through new Technician Commitment Action Plan

      Today, GuildHE has published its first action plan as a supporter of the Technician Commitment. Developed through extensive consultation, the plan is…

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      Rachel Persad
      Rachel Persad
  • Research and innovation
    18 December 2025

    From pause to progress - REF 2029 and fairness for small submissions

    It would have been hard to miss the announcement last week that the pause on REF 2029 has been lifted. As has been said, ‘pause’ was always a…

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    Rachel Persad
    Rachel Persad
  • Research and innovation
    28 February 2025

    GuildHE members retain longstanding HR Excellence in Research Awards

    Congratulations to GuildHE and GuildHE Research members Bath Spa University, the University of Worcester, and Wrexham University who have all…

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  • News
    9 December 2024

    GuildHE members gain representation on diverse REF 2029 pilot panels

    REF 2029 has announced the membership of the People, Culture and Environment pilot panels and we are delighted to see that GuildHE members are well…

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  • News
    16 October 2024

    REF 2029 panels announced: new representation for GuildHE and UKADIA members

    We’re pleased to see the work by REF funders to diversify panel membership to include a broad cross section of institutions.

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  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    29 July 2024

    Supporting the Global Majority: a student’s experience

    In 2021, GuildHE commissioned and published peer-led research into the experiences of minority ethnic postgraduate research students at our member…

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    Maureen Smith
  • Publications
    31 January 2022

    Understanding the lived experience of ethnic minority students in postgraduate research

    This report presents the findings from the first qualitative research on the experiences of ethnic minority postgraduate research students accessing…

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