• 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
  • 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
  • Regulation and funding
    26 March 2025

    Government economic policy depends on a healthily diverse higher education ecosystem

    In today's think piece for Wonkhe Policy Manager Dana Gamble calls for a funding and regulatory settlement that challenges the status quo of…

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    Dana Gamble
  • Member spotlight
    21 February 2025

    Driving positive impact in regional economies through collaboration

    We take a look at how Arts University Bournemouth and Health Sciences University collaborate themselves and with other local partners to boost their…

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    Dana Gamble
  • Regulation and funding
    10 February 2025

    We must not lose diversity while pushing for reforms

    The UK higher education sector is a vibrant tapestry of institutions, each with its unique strengths and contributions. Institutions, like those…

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    Dr Kate Wicklow, Director of Policy and Strategy
    Dr Kate Wicklow
  • Member spotlight
    31 January 2025

    Our members drive local growth through innovative incubator and accelerator programmes

    According to the 2020 report by Social Innovation Monitor, there were a total of 274 incubators and accelerators in the UK, of which 80 were…

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    Tara McNicolas, Senior Communications Officer
    Tara McNicholas
  • Regulation and funding
    13 January 2025

    How can universities prepare for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement?

    In an article for Research Professional News, Director of Policy and Strategy Dr Kate Wicklow lays out the challenges involved and the elements that…

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    Dr Kate Wicklow, Director of Policy and Strategy
    Dr Kate Wicklow
  • News
    12 December 2024

    GuildHE joins leading employers, training providers and HE representative bodies in calling for the Government to protect funding for Level 7 apprenticeships

    GuildHE has joined over 600 leading employers, training providers and higher education representative bodies urging the UK Government to consider the…

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  • Skills and growth
    6 December 2024

    Specialist and vocational institutions are essential to effective productivity and regional growth

    GuildHE welcomed the opportunity to respond to the UK government’s consultation for ‘Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy’.

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    Dana Gamble
  • Skills and growth
    5 December 2024

    Specialist and vocational institutions will ‘help build an NHS fit for the future’

    GuildHE and UUK submit joint response to the NHS 10-Year Health Plan.

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    Dana Gamble
  • News
    3 December 2024

    GuildHE responds to the DfE Consultation on school curriculum reform

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  • News
    30 October 2024

    GuildHE welcomes Government commitment to deliver the Lifelong Learning Entitlement

    As a long term supporter of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement and credit-based funding, we welcome the government’s announcement today of their…

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