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Why University Governors Should Do More to Protect Academic Quality
A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), Why it is time for university governors to do more on academic quality (HEPI Policy Note 36), notes the growing responsibility that boards of higher education institutions have on issues of...
A return to pre-pandemic ‘upper’ degree awarding promised by universities in England
A return to pre-pandemic ‘upper’ degree awarding promised by universities in England Universities in England have committed to reversing pandemic grade inflation in first and 2.1 degrees. In a first of its kind statement Universities UK (UUK) and GuildHE members have...
GuildHE Response to UKRI Call for Input to New Deal for Postgraduate Research
GuildHE Response to UKRI Call for Input to New Deal for Postgraduate Research GuildHE Institutions provide unique models of entry and exit for postgraduate research studies. In these providers, the profile of a PhD candidate does not reflect the rest of the UK...
REF 2021: World-leading research and exceptional environments for researchers at the UK’s smaller and specialist universities
95% of GuildHE institutions submitted world-leading research to the REF, a remarkable achievement and testimony to the excellence of the sector in key research areas. GuildHE congratulates our member institutions on their success in REF 2021. The results demonstrate...
GuildHE partners with UKRI and Cancer Research UK in project to explore research integrity indicators
We are pleased to announce a new collaboration between UKRI, Cancer Research UK and GuildHE, to explore what indicators of research integrity exist, or could be proposed, that are valid, reliable, ethical and practical, and to open a national and international...
Knowledge Exchange Concordat statement
Statement in support of the launch of the opportunity to sign up to the Knowledge Exchange Concordat principles and development year for England In the week beginning Monday 26th October, Universities UK and GuildHE launched the opportunity for institutions to sign...
Unleashing the potential of specialist and smaller higher education providers for economic recovery
Specialist and smaller universities, colleges and other higher education providers are agile, entrepreneurial and well positioned to support the recovery and growth of all parts of the UK. They are firmly rooted in the professions and businesses they serve and...
Launch of the Knowledge Exchange Concordat
Download a copy of the Knowledge Exchange Concordat Visit the KE Concordat Portal Universities and other providers of higher education and research can build on their leading role in society and develop links between UK institutions, industry and local communities by...
Consultation:Draft Higher Education Code of Governance
The Committee of University Chairs have recently been consulting on their proposed new Code of Governance. The regulated higher education landscape – particularly in England – has changed almost beyond recognition since the Code was published 2014, and even since it...
“Data is a good servant but a bad master” – considering the use of data in regulation
There are currently 391* (as of 12th December 2019) providers on the Office for Students’ register of higher education providers in England. For those that are not close followers of the expansion higher education they may be surprised by the large number, but it...