• Highlights

    • Jacqui Smith delivers keynote at GuildHE Annual Conference 2025
      News
      22 July 2026

      GuildHE warmly welcomes reappointment of Baroness Jacqui Smith

      GuildHE responded to the announcement of the reappointment of Baroness Jacqui Smith as Minister in the Department for Education.

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      Chris Watt
    • Attendees at Creative HE Strategy launch event at LIPA
      News
      21 July 2026

      'Miscalculating value: the dangerous cost of cutting creative HE'

      In an article for Arts Professional, Dr Kate Wicklow writes that the Government’s plan to cut support for creative degrees will have a negative…

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      Dr Kate Wicklow
      Dr Kate Wicklow
    • Downing Street Unsplash
      News
      20 July 2026

      GuildHE welcomes new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham

      GuildHE responded to the announcement of the UK's new Prime Minister.

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      Chris Watt headshot
      Chris Watt
  • News
    10 December 2025

    GuildHE responds to OfS consultation on Quality Reforms

    GuildHE has submitted its comprehensive response to the Office for Students (OfS) consultation on the reforms to quality regulation, which proposes…

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    Dr Kate Wicklow
    Dr Kate Wicklow
  • News
    10 December 2025

    REF 2029: post-pause decisions and next steps

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    Rachel Persad
    Rachel Persad
  • News
    3 December 2025

    Westminster Forum Event keynote: next steps for the Teaching Excellence Framework

    Last month, Dr Kate Wicklow delivered this keynote presentation assessing value and accountability across provider types at the Westminster Forum…

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    Dr Kate Wicklow
    Dr Kate Wicklow
  • News
    26 November 2025

    GuildHE responds to government announcement on International Student Levy

    As part of the Autumn budget today, government announced it will charge universities £925 per international student for each year of study from…

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • News
    18 November 2025

    GuildHE responds to new OfS Strategy 2025-30

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • News
    14 November 2025

    GuildHE joins sector bodies in urgent call for recognition of healthcare education in NHS workforce plan

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • News
    13 November 2025

    Creative Education Coalition responds to Curriculum and Assessment Review final report

    One week on from the Curriculum and Assessment review final report, colleagues from the Creative Education Coalition – of which GuildHE is a key…

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    Creative Education Coalition
  • Skills and growth
    24 October 2025

    'Specialist arts institutions are not a luxury; they are the crucibles of Britain's creative future'

    Professor Randall Whittaker's article for HEPI today is a key contribution to our efforts to preserve specialist provision and demonstrate how…

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    Professor Randall S Whittaker
  • Member spotlight
    23 October 2025

    The role of GuildHE institutions in driving the UK's green transition

    In 2020, the previous UK government set an ambition to support two million green jobs by 2030 to meet its Net Zero strategy and remain globally…

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  • 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