The findings of CIHE’s Talent Fishing report were presented to the UK Council for Graduate Education’s summer conference earlier this month by Associate Director Helen Connor. The presentation entitled ‘Employers’ perspectives on the value of Postgraduate Education’ included key findings such as the high demand and strong satisfaction with higher degrees and concerns about the [...]

As Universities Week draws to a close business leaders have again highlighted the “vital contribution” that universities make to the economy. In a letter to the Telegraph senior executives from companies including CIHE members Shell and Centrica, have said the Government “must ensure it supports innovation” and that the university sector, which generates £59 billion annually, [...]

As we are half way through Universities Week the campaign is gathering celebrity support from no other than Stephen Fry who tweeted this morning: “[It’s] Universities Week – help support great institutions of which we can be so proud”. A recognised supporter of the campaign he has said: “I cannot believe that anything I am [...]

As part of Universities Week CIHE supported a breakfast roundtable hosted by the 1994 Group of Universities on 15th June 2010 to discuss how universities can engage more effectively with business and have greater economic impact. Attended by business executives, universities and senior policy makers, the discussions addressed a number of ‘how to’ issues, including: [...]

  David Docherty, Chief Executive of CIHE has written for the Guardian saying that pragmatism is key if David Willetts is to find answers to the fees debate that has haunted higher education for decades. In the article David says: “Three things became clear to me from reading Willetts’s speech and talking to [John ] [...]