Director of Policy and Strategy, GuildHE. PhD. All tweets are my own.

Joined January 2009
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
20 Sep 2024
Today GuildHE publishes our response to the HM Treasury Spending Review which you can find here: bit.ly/4efJN3S
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
18 Sep 2024
We're continuing to be involved in discussions of how we get partnership provision right in HE as there are some huge benefits to collaboration. Today we partnered on a blog for HEPI with @QAAtweets @oiahe CUC, @UniversitiesUK and @Independent_HE
New Post: Securing the sustainability of partnership provision buff.ly/3B9mYQv
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Looking forward to tonight's creative education policy dinner with Lord Addington hosted by @UniAlliance. We'll be discussing how we can improve diversity into the creative industries and the role Higher Education can play.
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
15 Aug 2024
GuildHE is wishing all the best and every success to our members, their teams and prospective students on a busy and important day as results are announced and key decisions are made ⬇️
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Today I'm at NUS membership services conference talking about how HE providers and student should work closely together to improve the student experience. We also need to lobby gov to ensure student maintenance loans meet basic living costs so students can thrive.
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
30 Jul 2024
Updates to Fair Admissions Code of Practice, co-owned @GuildHE & @UniversitiesUK The Code & its principles now explicitly apply to international students including the expectation signatories ensure 3rd parties (inc agents & franchised provision) act in accordance with the Code
NEW🌟 This morning we published an update to our Fair Admissions Code. See the code and a summary of updates below👇 @GuildHE loom.ly/WSTSDew
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
31 Jul 2024
Today the OfS @officestudents publish a new condition of registration for tackling harassment and sexual misconduct in English higher education 📄 officeforstudents.org.uk/new… Dr Brooke Storer-Church, Chief Executive Officer @GuildHE responds ⬇️
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Wonderful day celebrating @LIPALiverpool graduation. Such an amazing atmosphere and ❤️ there’s awards given for human spirit, kindness and community building as well as academic achievement.
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
26 Jul 2024
Today the DfE @educationgovuk has published the Independent Review of the OfS @officestudents, led by Sir David Behan, the new interim Chair of the OfS bit.ly/4d9j1t2 Dr Brooke Storer-Church, Chief Executive @GuildHE responds ⬇️
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
24 Jul 2024
In partnership with @UniversitiesUK and the Committee of University Chairs (CUC), we’ve together developed a Franchise Governance Framework to help senior leaders in universities to spot and manage risk in franchised partnerships. Read more/download: bit.ly/4cQmHzS
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
18 Jul 2024
In a blog for @GuildHE Lisa Mann Executive Director of Academic Innovation @inspiredAUB explains how the new GuildHE/UKADIA report addresses the challenges of defining creative graduates’ value key steps for HEIs, business & govt to realign perception ➡️ bit.ly/3SfwgQB
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Delighted to be doing the opening session at the #CreativeEducationSummit where we're bringing together educators, businesses and policy makers to discuss how we can improve access to creative skills for all
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Today we publish a report I've been working on for over a year to better articulate the true value of creative graduates - not just their salaries and SOC codes. Huge thanks to the steering group and @danagamble_ for helping to generate the content.
18 Jul 2024
GuildHE and UKADIA launch an important new report which addresses the challenges of defining creative graduates’ value and evidences the significant contribution creative institutions make to their regions, economically and culturally ➡️ bit.ly/3y4TlyH @WeAreCreativeUK
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
1 Jul 2024
In an article for @Wonkhe GuildHE’s new CEO Dr Brooke Storer-Church @BstorerChurch considers what’s in the balance for her membership as we await the General Election and shares a list of cost-neutral steps she’d like to see a new government implement ⬇️ wonkhe.com/blogs/a-cost-neut…
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Enjoyed speaking at today's @HE_Professional conference on the LLE. Its a really complicated policy, but has such value in how we engage with new audiences, reassert the value of HE qualifications and work more collaboratively together as a sector. I covered:
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We need to understand student demand and motivations. There is a different offer to those who wish to upskill vs those who want to re-skill. We also need to justify why HE accreditation matters - rather than just jumping on a free/cheaper online course
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Our final thoughts on priorities for an incoming Government have been published
7 Jun 2024
GuildHE is today launching the 'Championing a Diverse Higher Education Sector Manifesto' with a series of 7 key recommendations to the next government to enable students and higher education providers to thrive. Read the manifesto ➡️ bit.ly/3x5GzPS
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Kate Wicklow retweeted
30 May 2024
In the final blog in our series on Sustainability in HE Funding by @GuildHE CFO, Mark Taylor, we consider which of 5 options could ‘future-proof’ the system and best maintain subject diversity, choice and specialisms ⬇️ guildhe.ac.uk/higher-educati…
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