Council For Industry And Higher Education
The Council for Industry and Higher Education, known as CIHE, aims to be "a strategic leadership network of businesses and higher education executives promoting a system of higher learning that leads to greater market competitiveness and social well-being".
The CIHE was founded in 1986, as a non-governmental organisation in the United Kingdom and since 1997, has been a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity.
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