Browse below for all CIHE Publications
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Publications
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Absorbing research: The role of university research in business and market innovation
A report, sponsored by Research Councils UK, that explores how collaborations between universities and business can have a positive impact on the economy and wellbeing of the UK
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Talent Fishing: What businesses want from Postgraduates
A CIHE report for Department of Business Innovation and Skills
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Strategies for Effective HE-Employer Engagement
A South West Higher Level Skills Pathfinder Research Report
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Believe in Better: Creating Tomorrow's Leaders
This is an edited version of a speech given by Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive of Sky at the CIHE Annual Conference
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The Value of Graduates and Postgraduates
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Towards a UK Strategic Framework for Career IAG
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Employer Engagement with Higher Education: Defining, Sustaining and Supporting Higher Skills Provision
A Higher Skills Research Report for HERDA South West and HEFCE
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Global Horizons: how international graduates can help businesses
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Global Horizons: recruiting international students and graduates from UK universities
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Investing in Greatness: Valuing our Universities
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Valuing Knowledge Exchange: a summary of recent research
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University-Business Interaction: a comparative study of mechanisms and incentives in four developed countries
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A Memorandum for the DIUS Select Committee On the Student Experience
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The Demand for STEM Graduates and Postgraduates
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The Demand for STEM Graduates: some benchmark projections
New research jointly commissioned by CIHE with DIUS and the Engineering Technology Board (ETB) from the University of Warwick on benchmark projections about business requirements for STEM skills. It reveals that, based on past employment figures, demand for STEM graduates and postgraduates will grow significantly faster than the average for all subject groups.
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Higher Education, Business and Future Competitiveness
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The Value of Graduates An outline proposal from the CIHE
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Revenue Diversification and Sustainability in Higher Education
Our latest report is a comparison of trends in public higher education in the UK and US. Both sectors face similar issues and both can be better informed as a result of this report undertaken for us by the Performance Evaluation Services Division of Standard and Poor in New York.
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Thinking... Careers Information, Advice and Guidance
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Universities, Business and Knowledge Exchange
Extracts the lessons from case studies to show how and where value is most generated in the process of developing knowledge that has business application.
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A Successful Partnership: The Council for Industry and Higher Education 1986-2008
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The UK Education System: a summary input to the Canada UK Colloquia
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STEM the critical shortage of wealth creators
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Submission: Demand for STEM Graduates and Postgraduates
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CIHE Project Summaries October 2008
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Global Horizons and the Role of Employers
Global businesses are increasingly seeking graduates who have a global awareness. They value those who have the initiative to study overseas as part of their learning. Such study helps them be more culturally aware, more able to work in multicultural teams and more able to move around the world as part of their career. But UK graduates are missing out as they are now less likely to study overseas than they used to.
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Influence through Collaboration: Employer Demand for Higher Learning and Engagement with Higher Education
The Employer Demand for Higher Level Learning report by CIHE shows that businesses need graduates and staff with higher level skills so they can continue to develop high value-adding products and services and ensure improved management and leadership in business. But their demands for higher level learning are diverse and are they often need to address very specific skill shortages.
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Influence through Collaboration: Employer Demand... A summary
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Influence through Collaboration: Employer Demand... Case Studies
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Developing Entrepreneurial Graduates: Putting entrepreneurship at the centre of higher education
A report launched by CIHE, NESTA and NCGE warns that unless universities embed entrepreneurship education in all parts of university life they risk losing out to fierce international competition.
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Higher Education and Colleges: A comparison between England and the USA
Our report with the American Association of Community Colleges compares the roles of the English Further Education Colleges and the US Community Colleges in developing learners to acquire higher-level skills, and how the experiences of the US Colleges might help inform the evolution of our (English) College sector.
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Leadership in an age of Supercomplexity: challenges for 21st century universities and businesses
This summary from our St George's House consultation in partnership with SRHE reports on the challenges facing 21st century businesses and universities as they consider management, leadership and corporate governance and opportunities for cross-learning between business, universities and the charity sector.
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Graduate Employability: What do employers think and want?
This is the conclusion of a pilot study of nearly 250 employers for the CIHE by i-graduate. Covering large, medium and small employers. The study highlights the skills and experiences employers look for when recruiting graduates.
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Current Issues affecting UK Higher Education and Business
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Global Horizons for UK Universities
Offers guidance for universities on the issues they face as they internationalise with a range of examples on current good practice.
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Using Public Procurement to Stimulate Innovation
Takes forward the proposal from the Government and the Opposition that public procurement in the UK could usefully build on the US experience to drive the innnovation process, including in small businesses.
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Streamlining University Business Collaborative Research Negotiations
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League tables and other lies...
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Global Horizons for UK students: A guide for universities
Identifies the barriers and solutions to encouraging more students to study abroad.
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Workforce Development: What works and why
Provides a range of examples of universities working together to 'upskill' the workforce.
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Reviewing the Effectiveness of "Ethics Matters: Managing Ethical Issues in Higher Education"
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Employer demand and its influence on higher education provision: A CIHE proposal
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Employer Demand and its Influence on Higher Education Provision: Summary Project Note
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International Competitiveness: Competitiveness & the Role of Universities
Notes the importance that graduates and research play in underpinning the knowledge-intensive businesses that drive the UK's international competitiveness.
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STEM: the Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths Supply Chain
This review examines the actions taken to implement previous Government commissioned reports on increasing the supply of STEM graduates and what further steps might be taken.
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The STEM Skills Supply Chain: A Review of Progress since Roberts
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Workforce Development: employer engagement with higher education
This report brings together the evidence on employer demand for higher level workforce development. As such it highlights the challenges faced by businesses and higher education in trying to meet the Leitch target of enhancing workforce skills.
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Internationalising Higher Education: A financial or moral imperative?
Report of a consultation at St George's House, Windsor Castle, Thursday 25th January to Friday 26th January 2007. This summarises the presentations and discussion on the values that should underpin universities as they internationalise.
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Proposals to enable the Privy Council to grant Foundation Degree awarding powers to Further Education Colleges: a response to the DfES
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Current Issues in links between UK Higher Education and Industry
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An Input to the Review of Higher Education by the Education and Skills Select Committee
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The Market for Work Based Learning: An Input to the review by Professor Marilyn Wedgewood for the DfES
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What Has Changed Since the Lambert Review
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Raising the Skills Base of the UK: a further input to Lord Leitch
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Reform of Higher Education Research Assessment and Funding
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Oxford Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are vital to the British economy and politicians from all parties are committed to providing a platform where they can flourish. In this book Sir Douglas Hague tells the story of over 30 entrepreneurs in the Oxford area, capturing the core characteristics of successful start ups and spin offs - lessons which can be replicated.
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Student Employability Profiles: A guide for higher education practitioners
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Degrees of Skill: Student Employability Profiles A Guide for Employers
Developed in partnership with the Higher Education Academy and Graduate Prospects, this document offers profiles of 52 honours degree subjects evidencing the employability skills that undergraduates are developing through their course of study in a wide range of subjects, ranging from Accountancy to Welsh. This guide should help employers better appreciate the capabilities that today's grads can bring to the workplace.
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International Competitiveness: Businesses Working with UK Universities
This report offers a business perspective on the important roles UK higher education plays in furthering the international competitiveness of the UK and the multinational companies who have a major presence here.
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Balancing Enterprise and Risk
This report summarises our third consultation held at St George's House, Windsor, and considers how higher education institutions can manage the tension between enterprise and risk, setting this in the wider context of a suggested range of values for higher education.
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UK National Forum for Employers and Business School Deans February 2006 Report
The National Forum for Employers and Business School Deans was established with the Association of Business Schools (ABS) in 2004. This report looks at the ongoing dialogue on how to further strengthen the capability and capacity of business schools, each with their individual and diverse missions, and by doing so benefiting businesses and society at large.
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Higher Education: Meeting International Business Demand
An interim report on our major review of the competitiveness of UK Higher Education, focusing on Research and Development issues in the international market.
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Workforce Development and Progression to Higher Education: The California Experience
Workforce development is economic development. What can we learn from the experiences of California in encouraging student progression and employer engagement? This report looks into this.
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Ethics Matters: Managing Ethical Issues in Higher Education
This is a practical guide designed to help UK universities and colleges address ethical issues across their organisations. It sets out to raise questions, encourage debate and make suggestions on how higher education institutions might develop their own approach to ethical matters.
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Workforce Development and Higher Education
This report summarises responses to our February consultation on Work Based Learning and proposes that the Government, higher education and business should seize the opportunities presented.
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International Competitiveness: Setting the Scene
Introductory paper to the CIHE's project seeking business views on the international competitiveness of UK higher education. This report summaries the May 2005 Council meeting that launched this project.
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Ethics and the University
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Employability Guide Health Sciences and Practice: Allied Health Professions Student Employability Profile
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Degrees of Skill: Student Employability Profiles, A Guide for Employers
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Fishing for Talent in a Wider Pool
The CIHE and IES have together produced this report that investigates trends and dilemmas in corporate graduate recruitment. The executive summary and the report of the web audit are here available for download, but the full report can be ordered from the IES website.
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Fishing for Talent in a Wider Pool: Executive Summary
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The Value of Higher Education: For Students
An alternative focus of the argument, here highlighting the importance of higher education for prospective students. Also available from the UCAS website.
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Higher Education: More Than a Degree
This consultation at St George's House in January 2005 on the student experience of higher education follows our consultation in March 2004 on higher education as both a public and private good.
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The Business of Knowledge Transfer
By Philip Ternouth, our Associate Director of R&D. With reference in particular to US Institutions, this report stresses the wide range of university knowledge transfer relationships and the need for appropriately wide metrics against which to evaluate performance.
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Higher Education: Leadership and Fundraising
With the expansion of higher education fundraising will become an increasing priority of HE institutions. This document sets out the discussion held during CIHE's Council meeting on 13th May to which John Glier, President and CEO of Grenzenbach Glier and Associates, was invited.
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Higher Education and the Public Good
This is a summary of a consultation held at St George's House, Windsor Castle in March 2004. The consultation addressed the university's role in terms of public good as well as the broader terms of engagement for universities both individually and collectively in the current age.
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Employability: Employer Perceptions of Subject Benchmark Statements
By Peter Forbes and Bianca Kubler. The report examines employers' perceptions about the skills developed through undergraduate study and how far these skills are reflected in the benchmark statements produced by major subject area.
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Solving the Skills Gap
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Universities of Applied Sciences: The German Experience
Dr Helga Meyer notes how the German Universities of Applied Science's graduate employment rates are higher, their non-completion rates lower and the cost per student lower than in traditional German universities. As a result they are expanding in terms of numbers of institutions and students admitted.
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Invest In Our Future
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The Value of Higher Education
The demand for graduates could exceed supply over the coming years unless the Government, employers and graduates provide the funds to ensure an expansion of high quality higher education
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Diversity and Co-operation in Higher Education
This publication offers suggestions on how partnerships might improve both the effectiveness and efficiency of HE institutions focusing on what they do best whilst at the same time preserving and even enhancing diversity and customer choice.
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Community Colleges: The United States Experience
By Augustine P Gallego. Community Colleges in the United States are one of the success stories of American higher education. Their experience of how they go about their tasks and the issues they still face should be relevant to all of us.
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Business - University Collaboration: CIHE's input to the Lambert Review
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The Future of Higher Education: CIHE's response to the Government's Strategic Review of HE
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Higher Education in Further Education Colleges: The Scottish Experience
By Jim Gallacher. Scotland has developed a system of advanced vocational learning that is influenced by employer needs. Is there something that can be learned from their experience?
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The Strategic Review of Higher Education
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Doctoral Futures: Career Destinations of Arts and Humanities Research Students
The first ever survey to consider the career destinations of research students in the arts and humanities. The report raises some key questions for consideration and recommendations for action.
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Leadership and Management in Higher Education
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Financial Returns to Undergraduates and Tuition Fees
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The Financial Returns to HNC/HNDs
Dr Gavan Conlon notes that there are positive financial returns to people with HNC/HNDs. This report suggests that this message needs to be broadcast to encourage more students to follow the advanced vocational route through higher education.
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Tution Fees: The US Experience
Richard A Brown notes how pricing trends by 4-year private HEIs present serious problems for low and moderate income families.
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Knowledge Transfer: Towards a Strategic Framework
By Philip Ternouth. Knowledge transfer and interactions between higher education, business and the community are seen as a core function of universities and colleges. This paper argues the need for a strategic framework.
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Cooperation and Collaboration: Some Reflections on the US and UK
The third in a series by Richard A Brown, it reflects the author's personal views on US state systems and the benefits of voluntary partnerships that encourage excellence, diversity and progression.
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Employers in the New Graduate Labour Market: recruiting from a wider spectrum of graduates
Full report of a project commissioned by HEFCE as part of the Innovations in Higher Education Programme, conducted by Kate Purcell of the Employment Studies Research Unit at the University of the West of England in partnership with CIHE.
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Recruiting from a Wider Spectrum of Graduates
By Kate Purcell, Marie Morley and Gill Rowley. Report for Employers. It identifies good employer practice in recruiting graduates from non-traditional backgrounds (lower social groups and older ages). It includes Guidelines for good practice which have been developed with the EOC and other organisations.
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Financial Returns to Undergraduates: a summary of recent evidence
By Dr Gavan Conlon and Dr Arnaud Chevalier of the Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE. This report analyses the financial returns that are associated with degree level qualifications from different institutions, subjects studied and the social background of the student. It notes the differences in the employment outcomes and the rate of postgraduate study depending on the undergraduate degree subject.
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Work Related Learning Report
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Experiencing Entrepreneurship at Cambridge
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CIHE Review 2001
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The Funding of UK Higher Education
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Striving for Excellence: Some thoughts for the journey
CIHE has drawn together examples of the tools some HE institutions, schools, organisations and Government Departments are using in their drive for continuous improvement.
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Quality and Performance
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The Development of Entrepreneurship
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Funding Widening Participation in Higher Education: a discussion paper
By Wendy Piatt (IPPR) and Richard A Brown. This report offers a framework for change that proposes a further transfer of available public funds from relatively well off students and institutions towards those for whom a lack of finance is a real deterrent to participation.
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Funding by Mission: An Exploration of the Public Funding of Higher Education Institutions on the Basis of Business Plans
By Nigel Brown. This Report develops some practical proposals on how the funding system might move from the current regime towards one that gives greater support to individual missions, institutional diversity and the pursuit of excellence.
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Cooperation and Collaboration: Some Private Sector Experience
This report reflects the briefing for and discussion at a meeting of the Council in April 2001. The briefing drew on work being finalised for the Long Term Strategy Group of Universities UK by Brian Ramsden and work made available to CIHE by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.
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Diversity and Excellence: A Contribution to the Debate
By Lady Perry of Southwark President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
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Cooperation and Collaboration: Informing the Debate
This paper explores the ways in which cooperation and collaboration between higher education institutions can offer the opportunity to pool expertise and enhance the quality of teaching and learning, as well as research and development.
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Funding by Institutional Missions
By Professor Gareth Williams and Richard Brown. This presents the case for block funding of institutions based on their distinct mission and strategic plans.
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Partnerships for Excellence: A Confederacy Model for HE/FE Partnerships
CIHE, Derby and Middlesex partnerships for CIHE, HEFCE and FEFC
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Higher Education and Regional & Local Economic Development
By Professor Mike Campbell. (Leeds Metropolitan University) for CIHE, DfEE, HEFCE and CVCP
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Graduate Opportunities, Social Class and Age
By Kate Purcell and Terence Hogarth. There are clear indications from this research that people from lower social groups are disadvantaged in entering and succeeding in higher education and employment. The message for universities and employers is that there is a common interest in recognising this and in working together to ensure there are more even opportunities for everyone. Individual potential wherever it exists needs to be developed for the good of society and the economic future of the country, as well as for the benefit of individuals and organisations. Best practice needs to be disseminated and harnessed and messages on the value of all individuals spread throughout the learning and employment chain.
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Developing Key Skills through Work Placements: Project Summary
By Brenda Little of CHERI. This document considers the role employers can play in helping students develop key skills while on work experience and suggests some good practice for higher education institutions, employers and students.
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Developing Key Skills through Work Placements
By Brenda Little of CHERI. This document considers the role employers can play in helping students develop key skills while on work experience and suggests some good practice for higher education institutions, employers and students.
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Partnership for the Professions
This report was commissioned by CIHE with the support of DfEE. It is complementary to the HEFCE report "Promoting Lifelong Learning: a guide to good practice in the HE sector", focusing on what consumers (notably individuals) want and the role higher education institutions, companies and professional bodies have in supporting individuals. It notes some of the various products that have been developed through partnership to meet different customer needs.The Continuing Professional Development market is part of an established amount of £10bn plus, that is spent annually by companies on training and development. Higher education should have a more significant share of that market than is currently the case.
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Helping Students Towards Success at Work: An Intent Being Fulfilled
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Speech to the Annual Conference of the Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education
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The Regional Challenge
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SMEs and Higher Education: Their Role in European Union Wealth and Job Creation
Prepared for the European Commission by Université-Entreprise Europe EEIG June 1998
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Talk given in Hungary: Developing Work Readiness
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Training for Leadership in France and the UK
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Ready For Work CIHE Annual Conference 1998
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Change and Diversity: the challenges facing chemistry higher education
By Geoff Mason of NIESR. Participation in higher education has doubled in the past twenty years bringing with it increased diversity of intake and diversity of course provision. The world of work has also changed considerably and continues to change at an accelerating pace. How can higher education prepare its graduates to cater for an unpredictable and rapidly changing world of work and continuous learning? The Royal Society of Chemistry and The Council for Industry and Higher Education have commissioned an enquiry addressing this issue with respect to chemistry higher education. The outcomes from this enquiry provide challenges to improve dialogue and interaction between higher education institutions and employers. Although focused on chemistry, many of the issues addressed are wide-ranging and encompass the needs and requirements of most science and technology graduates.
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Work Experience: Expanding opportunities for undergraduates
By Lee Harvey, Vicki Geall and Sue Moon of The University of Central England with CIHE. The current emphasis on work experience is symptomatic of the ever-more rapidly changing world of work. Work experience is increasingly sought by employers during recruitment and a range of relevant experiences will better equip graduates for the flexible workplace of the future.This report explores what can be done to increase the opportunities for undergraduates to gain work experience and how the learning from these experiences can be maximised.
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Humanities Graduates and the World of Work
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Annual Report and Accounts 1997
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Corporate Universities
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CIHE's Response to Higher Education in the Learning Society
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Class and Higher Education: The participation of young people from lower social groups
By Hilary Metcalf of Policy Studies Institute (PSI) with CIHE. This report is a systematic attempt to pull together and analyse information on the participation in higher education of young people from lower social groups. It reveals the wide disparities by social groups that currently exist and hence the waste of individual potential. This in turn reduces the competitiveness, wealth and job creating potential of the United Kingdom and also threatens social cohesion. As such it is an issue which must be owned and addressed by all of us - the Government, employers, employer organisations, and further and higher education.
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Small and Medium Enterprises and Higher Education: A Framework for Future Policy
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Widening Participation in Lifelong Learning: A Progress Report
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Annual Report and Accounts 1996
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Resources for Higher Education in OECD Countries
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A Learning Nation
The Council's policy document and submission to The National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education.November 1996, ISBN 1 874223 06 8
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Executive Briefing: Post-18 Education growth, change, prospect
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CIHE Summary of Activities in 1993
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Training Minds for Tomorrow - a shared responsibilty
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Executive Briefing: Changing Colleges Further Education in the Market Place
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Changing Colleges Further Education in the Market Place
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