Last night (12th November 2012) CIHE hosted its largest and most successful Annual Lecture to date, welcoming over 250 guests at the The Royal Institution of Great Britain. The evening kicked off with the presentation of the CIHE Fellowship Award which was awarded to ex-CIHE trustee Professor Sir Tim Wilson, in recognition of his pioneering [...]

CIHE will be holding its third Annual Lecture on 12th November 2012 which will be given by Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive, WPP Group. Sir Martin’s Lecture is entitled : “Education & Business Go Together Like a Horse and Carriage (You can’t have one without the other)” We are also pleased to announce that this [...]

Invitation to attend Welsh Seminar on: Redefining Business and University Partnerships The Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE), in conjunction with the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) at the Welsh Government, will be hosting a seminar on Thursday 4th October to discuss the future relationships between business and the higher education sector in [...]

The second of CIHE’s summer receptions will be taking place at McKinsey & Company on Wednesday 11th July. At what promises to be another great evening of wine, canapés and stirring debate, confirmed speakers include: Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Willets, Minister of State for Universities and Science, BIS, Mr Martin Donnelly, [...]

The CIHE held the first of two summer receptions on Monday 11th 2012 at  the Royal Academy of Engineering. Great support at the event which featured informal talks from Sir Adrian Smith, Professor Alan Hughes, Philip Greenish and Dr Cathy Garner. The issues raised by the speakers provoked some great discussion focussed around ‘growing the [...]