Publications
GuildHE Regulation Briefings Series
The GuildHE series of regulation briefings - and blogs - explore different elements of regulation, regulatory burden and regulators and provide a series of practical recommendations. We recognise the value of good regulation to protect the interests of students, staff...
Tackling the Climate Crisis: report and 12 case studies
The GuildHE report ‘Tackling the Climate Crisis’ considers five critical elements of university activity: Leadership and Governance, Teaching, Research and Knowledge Exchange, Community Engagement, and Campus Management, supported by 12 case studies from our member...
Governance in small students’ unions: resources
NUS Charity – working with GuildHE – recently comissioned some in-depth research in collaboration with six small HE SUs, looking at all aspects of the governance and structure of those organisations. The resulting report provided a really interesting insight into the...
Tackling the Climate Crisis Report
GuildHE is launching a new report today ‘Tackling the Climate Crisis’ authored by Dr Alex Bols, Deputy CEO, GuildHE, which provides an in depth insight into how smaller and specialist universities and colleges within the UK are engaging with the issue at an...
GuildHE Regulation Briefing: World-class Regulation
This is the fourth in the series of briefings on different elements of regulation by GuildHE which have previously looked at questions of burden, cost and overlap in Briefing 1; the legal underpinning and considering whether another approach is possible in Briefing 2;...
GuildHE Regulation Briefing: Regulating in the Student Interest
This briefing is part of a series GuildHE are publishing on how we ensure regulation is robust but not overburdensome and is in line with the principles underpinning the Higher Education Research Act 2017 (HERA). One of these principles is how regulation works in the...
GuildHE Climate Crisis Member Survey 2021
Read the GuildHE Climate Crisis Member Survey
GuildHE Annual Report 2021-2022
GuildHE Annual Report 2021-22 This annual report sets out the key issues that GuildHE has addressed over the last year. It begins by highlighting our key achievements, demonstrating successes in all areas of the GuildHE strategy, and then looks in more detail at our...
Huge impact of smaller and specialist universities highlighted in new report
Small and specialist universities are innovative, agile industry experts supporting the economic development within their communities and specific sectors in the economy. Frequently located in smaller towns, on the edge of cities, or in rural or coastal locations,...