• Highlights

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      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
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      Regulation and funding
      11 June 2025

      GuildHE responds to the government's Spending Review

      On Wednesday 11 June the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, announced the government's spending review.

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      Dr Brooke Storer-Church
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      News
      28 May 2025

      "What keeps you awake at night?"

      In a thought-provoking think piece for GuildHE, Dr Leyanda Purchase, Pro Vice-Chancellor Education at the University of Law sets out the significant…

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      Dr Leyanda Purchase
  • Regulation and funding
    20 April 2024

    To deliver on its missions, the government must support institutional diversity

    With Labour’s first spending review drawing ever closer, GuildHE chief executive Brooke Storer-Church stresses the importance of a diverse and distinctive sector

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    Dr Brooke Storer-Church
  • Student experience
    22 March 2024

    Reflections on harassment and misconduct

    Dr Kate Wicklow, Director of Policy and Strategy, shares her reflections on the OfS consultation on sexual harassment and misconduct.

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    Dr Kate Wicklow, Director of Policy and Strategy
    Dr Kate Wicklow
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    22 March 2024

    Celebrating Brilliant Women: HCA Student-led International Women’s Day Event

    For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, GuildHE members have run a variety of exciting events with inspiring women working in the…

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    Sarah-Jane Crowson
  • 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
  • News
    6 March 2024

    GuildHE responds to OfS consultation on new free speech complaints scheme

    GuildHE has responded to the OfS consultation on a new free speech complaints scheme. Read the full GuildHE response and blog below.

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  • Publications
    1 March 2024

    Tackling food security, climate change and biodiversity – the role of land based education

    Food security, climate change and the biodiversity crisis are major challenges and universities and colleges in the UK hold a central role in…

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  • News
    19 February 2024

    University groups call for cross-government health education taskforce

    With the latest UCAS data showing applications are down for medicine, nursing and midwifery courses, leaders from the higher education sector are…

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  • 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
    12 December 2023

    Universities central to tackling teacher shortage in schools

    Teacher supply in England is in crisis. There are many causes, but if government does not fix this, children will suffer. Without action, the crisis…

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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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