Council for Industry and Higher Education

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Council for Industry
and Higher Education
CIHE logo
Data
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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b CIHE. "CIHE: About us". http://www.cihe-uk.com/aboutus.php. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 
  2. ^ Companies House. "Companies House record for CIHE". http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/792851b374564bf0f94c018dcb05e7c4//compdetails. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 
  3. ^ a b Charity Commission. "Extract from the Central Register of Charities". http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?regno=1066956. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 
  4. ^ CIHE. "CIHE: Members". http://www.cihe-uk.com/members.php. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 
  5. ^ CIHE. "CIHE: Funding Organisations". http://www.cihe-uk.com/fundingorganisations.php. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 
  6. ^ CIHE. "CIHE: Key Themes". http://www.cihe-uk.com/keythemes.php. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 
  7. ^ CIHE. "CIHE: Ethics". http://www.cihe-uk.com/ethics.php. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 
  8. ^ CIHE. "CIHE: Student Employability profiles". http://www.cihe-uk.com/SEP.php. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 
  9. ^ CIHE. "CIHE: Trustees". http://www.cihe-uk.com/trustees.php. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. 

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