Council for Industry and Higher Education
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| Council for Industry and Higher Education |
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| Established | 1986 |
| Members | 52 |
| Location | London, UK |
| Chair | Richard Greenhalgh |
| Acronym | CIHE |
| Homepage | http://www.cihe-uk.com |
The Council for Industry and Higher Education is a non-governmental organisation in the United Kingdom, founded in 1986, that carries out research into the interactions between industry and higher education and makes related policy submissions to the government.[1] Since 1997, it has been a company limited by guarantee[2] and a registered charity.[3]
The Council is funded by its member organisations and by external organisations. The funding sources include universities, other organisations and companies,[1][4][5] resulting in a gross income of about £300 000 per annum.[3] Each member organisation appoints one person to the Council, and seven of those people are currently Trustees.
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[edit] Activities
The Council has two principal activities: carrying out or sponsoring relevant research and making policy submissions to government. It organises it research into six key themes.
The key themes are: the competitiveness of UK higher education, its expansion, the leadership and governance questions common to industry and higher education, research and knowledge transfer, employability and entrepreneurship and widening participation.[6] There are two additional significant projects. One deals with ethics of higher education[7] and the other has developed, or is developing, 'employability profiles' for each of the subject groups available for study at University level.[8]
The Council publishes the findings of its work.
[edit] Trustees
As of December 2005, the Trustees of the Council are:[9]
- Richard Greenhalgh, Chair
- Geoffrey Copland, Vice-Chancellor and Rector, University of Westminster
- Tom McKillop, Chief Executive, AstraZeneca
- Rob Margetts, Chairman, Legal & General, BOC Group
- James Ross, former deputy chairmain, National Grid Transco
- Eric Thomas, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
- Dianne Willcocks, Principal, York St John University
[edit] References
- ^ a b CIHE. CIHE: About us. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
- ^ Companies House. Companies House record for CIHE. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
- ^ a b Charity Commission. Extract from the Central Register of Charities. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
- ^ CIHE. CIHE: Members. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
- ^ CIHE. CIHE: Funding Organisations. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
- ^ CIHE. CIHE: Key Themes. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
- ^ CIHE. CIHE: Ethics. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
- ^ CIHE. CIHE: Student Employability profiles. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
- ^ CIHE. CIHE: Trustees. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
