Publications

View the latest IHE publications across different areas of our work, including policy briefings, reports on our projects and activities, and responses to Government and sector body consultations.

Code of Governance for Independent Providers of Higher Education

Governance, management and operations

26 Aug 2026
Building a skilled economy: How IHE Members partner with industry

IHE members

10 Aug 2026

Response to OIA Scheme consultation

Read our response to the consultation on the review of the OIA Scheme, which sets out proposed changes intended to make the Scheme clearer, easier to…

Regulation and funding

31 Jul 2026
Response to DfE consultation on the Office for Students' fee charging model

Read our response to the Government's proposals for changes to the Office for Students (OfS) fee charging model…

Regulation and funding

22 Jul 2026
Response to OfS consultation on proposals for a new approach to consumer and student protection

Read our response to the Office for Students (OfS) consultation on proposals for a new ongoing condition of registration: Treating students fairly…

Regulation and funding

10 Jul 2026
Response to DfE consultation on assistive software funded through DSA

Read our response to the Government's proposals for changes to the way assistive software is funded through the Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA)…

Student experience, access and participation

18 Jun 2026
IHE Student Advisory Board Industry Partnerships Project Report

This report shares student perspectives on how industry partnerships in higher education support student employability and career readiness, drawing…

Strategy, projects and partnerships

16 Jun 2026
IHE Student Advisory Board AI Project Report: Student use of AI in higher education

A student-led report examining how AI is shaping learning, assessment and student experience in higher education. It identifies key challenges…

Student Advisory Board, IHE

Student experience, access and participation

16 Jun 2026
IHE Annual Report 2025

Read our Annual Report for 2025, a pivotal year marked by renewed ambition and growing influence across policy, regulation and public debate amid a…

Governance, management and operations

18 May 2026
Response to HESA consultation on in-year data collection: Status data

Read our response to the fourth in a series of consultations from HESA to define the in-year Student record specification needed for 2028/29.

Governance, management and operations

27 Apr 2026
Response to UCAS admissions consultation

Read our response to the consultation on the operation of the UCAS undergraduate admissions cycle.

Student experience, access and participation

22 Apr 2026
Response to Skills England survey on skills passports

Read our response to a survey from Skills England which explores the potential of skills passports: portable, standardised records of an individual’s…

Student experience, access and participation

17 Apr 2026
Response to HESA consultation on in-year data collection: FTE

Read our response to the third in a series of consultations from HESA to define the in-year Student record specification needed for 2028/29.

Governance, management and operations

16 Apr 2026
Response to HESA consultation on in-year data collection: Cost centre

Read our response to the second in a series of consultations from HESA to define the in-year Student record specification needed for 2028/29.

Governance, management and operations

16 Apr 2026