• 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
  • 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
    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
    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
    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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  • Publications
    17 March 2022

    Response to the Research, Development, and Innovation Organisational Landscape Review

    Sir Paul Nurse has been tasked to undertake a review of the landscape of organisations that operate in research, development and innovation in the UK.

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  • 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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