• 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 headshot
      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
  • 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
  • Regulation and funding
    10 July 2025

    Effective regulation for a thriving HE sector

    GuildHE has been actively engaged in advocating for regulatory reform within the higher education sector. Our positions and recommendations are drawn…

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    Dr Kate Wicklow
    Dr Kate Wicklow
  • News
    9 July 2025

    GuildHE responds to update on Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE)

    GuildHE CEO Dr Brooke Storer-Church responds to today’s letter to the sector from Minister for Skills Jacqui Smith, which confirmed updated policy…

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • Regulation and funding
    3 July 2025

    Lessons from the Dundee report: an essential checklist for Senior Leadership Teams and Board members

    CFO Mark Taylor identifies vital lessons from the Dundee report and draws up a checklist for Senior Leadership and Board members to critically audit…

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    Mark Taylor
    Mark Taylor