Independent Higher Education is a representative body for some higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. It represents 'independent' providers of higher education, generally those that are non-university, international, or for-profit institutions.[1] It is one of the sector bodies consulted by the UK Government on issues such as free speech at universities[2] and the admission of students during the Covid pandemic.[3] The chief executive of Independent Higher Education is a member of the Department for Business and Trade's Education Sector Advisory Group.[4]
IHE is governed by a board of directors.[5] The Chair of IHE is James Pitman.[6]
^"About us". Independent Higher Education. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^"Free speech to be protected at university". Gov.UK. Department for Education. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2024. Sector leaders agreed to create new guidance during a Department for Education free speech summit in May 2018, which has been produced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, with input from the National Union of Students, Universities UK, Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office for Students, Independent HE, Guild HE, Commission for Countering Extremism and Home Office.
^"Letter from Michelle Donelan MP, Minister of State for Universities"(PDF). Gov.UK. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2024. The taskforce, which will meet daily, will harness expert views from a range of sector and statutory bodies, including Universities UK, Universities Alliance, Association of Colleges, Independent Higher Education, Guild HE, Russell Group, UCAS, Office for Students, the Department for Health and Social Care, HM Treasury and the Student Loans Company.
