• Highlights

    • Photo of students at the University of Suffolk's Bloomberg Lab, with charts on screens and graphs on the wall. Image credit: Gregg Brown Photography / University of Suffolk.
      Teaching and quality
      19 August 2026

      Beyond the binary of academic and technical education

      GuildHE responds to the Education Secretary's Telegraph article, 'Excellent technical education goes hand in glove with high academic standards.'

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      Dr Kate Wicklow
      Dr Kate Wicklow
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      News
      18 August 2026

      Statement on Professor Jason Arday

      We are saddened by the news of the passing of Professor Jason Arday, and our thoughts are with his family, friends, and all who are grieving. We had…

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      Dr Brooke Storer-Church
      Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    • A group of graduates at their ceremony, showing the backs of their caps
      News
      6 August 2026

      Royal College of Art and Norwich University of the Arts announce jointly awarded undergraduate degrees

      The news that the Royal College of Art and Norwich University of the Arts are to collaborate to provide jointly awarded undergraduate degrees is…

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      Dr Brooke Storer-Church
      Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • Research and innovation
    23 October 2025

    Creating opportunities for self-funded PGR students: a pilot placement model at Wellcome Collection

    As institutions conducting specialist, applied, vocational and practice based research, GuildHE Research members’ postgraduate researchers (PGRs) are…

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    Ellen Graves
    Ellen Graves
    Susan Birch
  • Skills and growth
    22 October 2025

    GuildHE's policy response to Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper

    The long-awaited Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper has finally been published. We’ve been really pleased to see GuildHE’s voice reflected at…

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  • News
    21 October 2025

    GuildHE responds to Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper

    On Monday 20 October the government published the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper. GuildHE's Chief Executive Officer responded:

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • Regulation and funding
    20 October 2025

    Investing in higher education for national prosperity: a call for the Autumn Budget

    Every part of the UK’s economy – from classrooms to hospitals, farms to film sets – depends on skilled graduates.

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    Sunday Blake
    Sunday Blake
  • News
    9 October 2025

    GuildHE warns of dangers of unsupervised mergers in Times Higher Education

    Dr Brooke Storer-Church emphasised the necessity of oversight to ensure student access and opportunity is preserved, specialisms are maintained and…

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • News
    29 September 2025

    GuildHE launches new Creative Higher Education Strategy Project

    On Tuesday 30 September GuildHE kicks off the new Creative Higher Education Strategy Project with a launch event at member institution the Liverpool…

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    Dana Gamble
    Dana Gamble
    Dr Kate Wicklow
    Dr Kate Wicklow
  • News
    23 September 2025

    GuildHE responds to government proposal to introduce levy on international students

    A new study by policy consultancy Public First – reported by The Observer newspaper – has found that the government is “drastically underestimating”…

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • Regulation and funding
    18 September 2025

    GuildHE responds to OfS proposal for a new quality assessment system linked to TEF

    GuildHE CEO Dr Brooke Storer-Church responds to today’s proposal by the Office for Students for a new quality assessment system linked to the…

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • Member spotlight
    7 August 2025

    Career-ready: how Central School of Ballet delivers a pipeline of UK and global industry excellence

    Central School of Ballet is one of a number of specialist institutions which ensure that the UK dance and creative industries are sustained by a…

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    Mark Osterfield
  • Regulation and funding
    31 July 2025

    How insolvency can happen more quickly than you might imagine

    CFO Mark Taylor identifies the key risk points any institution experiencing financial challenges should take on board and the strategies institutions…

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    Mark Taylor
    Mark Taylor
  • Teaching and quality
    22 July 2025

    The AI agenda in higher education: how policy can measure up with practice

    In our latest think piece, GuildHE's Policy Programmes Officer Omoye Otoide explores the case for sector-wide collaboration in AI, how vocational and…

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  • Student experience
    11 July 2025

    Staying local, aiming high: why proximity to home can be a university superpower

    At the NEON conference on 20 June our Director of Policy and Strategy, Dr Kate Wicklow, spoke on the power of local recruitment and highlighted that…

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    Dr Kate Wicklow
    Dr Kate Wicklow