• Highlights

    • 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
  • News
    5 August 2024

    GuildHE Research welcomes LAMDA to the consortium

    We’re pleased to announce that LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) has joined the GuildHE Research consortium.

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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
  • News
    17 July 2024

    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…

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  • News
    7 June 2024

    REF2029 Open Access Consultation – Position statement from smaller and/or specialist institutions

    GuildHE Research, Conservatoires UK, and the Royal College of Art recently held an engagement session with Research England to discuss the Open…

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  • Research and innovation
    7 March 2024

    GuildHE Research Doctoral Festival – Reflections on 2023

    As we prepare for this year’s GuildHE Research Doctoral Festival, to be held at on 16-17 April 2024 at the University of Winchester, we asked PhD…

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    Susan Birch
  • Research and innovation
    31 January 2024

    Whose research culture? Including all perspectives will be crucial to success

    As the research community grapples with a range of projects considering the culture of research from a variety of angles, Policy Manager, Rachel…

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    Rachel Persad, Head of Research Policy
    Rachel Persad
  • Research and innovation
    25 January 2024

    Enhancing Research Culture Initiative: GuildHE Research Culture Cafés

    What is research culture? How do you go about improving it? And are there significant differences to research culture at smaller and specialist…

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    Rachel Persad, Head of Research Policy
    Rachel Persad
  • Publications
    15 December 2023

    Regulation Briefing: Regulation and Research

    This is the final regulation briefing in our series. The research regulatory infrastructure changed significantly following the Higher Education and…

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  • Publications
    1 November 2023

    Response to the consultation on the initial decisions for REF 2028

    GuildHE has responded to the consultation on the initial decisions on the next Research Excellence Framework – REF 2028. The first consultation…

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  • Research and innovation
    3 July 2023

    Research Integrity and Emerging Research Cultures

    The recent Research Culture and Practice Forum was full of wonderful examples of practice and embedding the principles of the concordats. Policy…

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    Rachel Persad, Head of Research Policy
    Rachel Persad
  • Research and innovation
    25 July 2022

    Exploring Research Integrity Indicators

    Indicators of research integrity: an initial exploration of the landscape, opportunities and challenges’ is the result of a collaboration between…

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  • Publications
    6 May 2022

    Response to the consultation on the design of the UK’s future research assessment system

    GuildHE and GuildHE Research have welcomed the opportunity to contribute to this consultation. The future design of research assessment is incredibly…

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