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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 by Alex Bols, GuildHE Deputy CEO. Developing a free speech complaints scheme in England As part of their duties to secure free speech...
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 providing solutions. To tackle these challenges GuildHE and Landex have worked in collaboration to launch the Land Based...
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 calling for a new taskforce to effectively deliver NHS England’s Long-Term Workforce Plan. In a jointly-written letter...
GuildHE Regulation Briefing: Regulation and Research
The research regulatory infrastructure changed significantly following the Higher Education and Research Act (HERA). This GuildHE briefing highlights specific recommendations for the OfS and UKRI on how to bring greater coherence and constructive communication to the...
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 will worsen as larger numbers of children are entering the school system. Persistent and worsening under-recruitment of...
GuildHE welcomes OfS response to House of Lords Inquiry into the OfS
In response to the OfS written response to the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Inquiry on 27 November 2023, Gordon McKenzie, GuildHE CEO said: "We welcome the OfS' response to the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Inquiry and their intention to engage...
#ArtIsEssential campaign coalition launch Creative Education Manifesto
Ahead of party conference season, a coalition of creative and higher education organisations have launched their #ArtIsEssential Creative Education Manifesto, calling on all political parties to commit collectively to restoring creative arts education. Read the report...
Expertise in Action: impact of funding knowledge exchange activity at smaller and specialist universities
Today we have launched our Expertise in Action report, highlighting the impact of funding knowledge exchange activity at smaller and specialist institutions and accompanied by a blog in HEPI by GuildHE Policy Manager (Places and Knowledge Exchange) Dana...
GuildHE responds to House of Lords Industry and Regulators report into the work of the OfS
We welcome the recommendations of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report into the work of the Office for Students: ‘Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis facing higher education’. GuildHE CEO Gordon McKenzie responds:...
Obituary for Professor John Last OBE
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Professor John Last OBE on 9 August. John was a wise, witty and much-loved colleague and friend, and a champion of GuildHE’s work for many years. As Vice Chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts, he served...