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	Higher Education Funding Council for England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom which distributes funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since 1992.
		It is based in Northavon House, in north Bristol on the campus of the University of the West of England.
		In addition to distributing both teaching and research funding to higher education institutions HEFCE is also involved with: widening participation; developing links between higher education institutions and business and the community; and enhancing leadership, governance and management within the sector.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HEFCE (234 words)

	British Academy: The Academy's Response to HEFCE’S draft strategic plan for 2006-11 (13 January 2006) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		We welcome HEFCE's recognition that it needs to review its accountability processes in order to reduce the burden that has been placed on the sector, and are pleased that HEFCE intends to place institutions' own accountability processes at the heart of its monitoring systems.
		The Academy is pleased that HEFCE acknowledges that the sector needs a period of stability in public funding as it adjusts to variable tuition fees and the introduction of full economic costs (FEC) for research.
		We urge HEFCE to continue to make the case to Government that the drive to increase access to higher education must not be achieved at the expense of the quality of teaching and research in this country, and that the Government must ensure that the sector is properly resourced.
	www.britac.ac.uk /reports/hefce2006/stratplan/HEFCEplan-web.htm (1499 words)

	HEFCE - Webled.com
		HEFCE : Publications : 2004 : 2004/05 Centres for Excellence in Teaching and...
		HEFCE : News : 2004 : 27 February 2004 - HEFCE discusses restructuring of e-...
		The HEFCE is pleased to announce the ]...
	www.webled.com /HEFCE.htm (500 words)

	Higher Education Funding Council for England
		HEFCE seeks views on its approach to equality
		HEFCE has set out its approach to promoting equality in a new Single Equality Scheme, and is seeking comments from all those that might be directly affected.
		HEFCE, Northavon House, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QD Telephone: 0117 931 7317 Facsimile: 0117 931 7203
	www.hefce.ac.uk (128 words)

	Oxford University Gazette: College Fees: HEFCE Inquiry (supplement)
		HEFCE asked how the teaching methods at Oxford and student/staff ratios compared with those of universities judged to be the University's international competitors, seeking examples from the United States, Europe and Japan.
		HEFCE noted that under the new method for funding teaching some institutions would migrate to a lower level of resource through changes to both funds and student numbers and sought information on the extent to which the University could increase full-time undergraduate or postgraduate numbers above 1996--7 levels and about the constraints on such expansion.
		HEFCE had met on a visit to Oxford the President of OUSU and other officers, who were fearful that a reduction or abolition of the student fee would cause other college charges to rise and adversely affect the proportion of students coming from poorer backgrounds.
	www.ox.ac.uk /gazette/1997-8/supps/1_4452.htm (3543 words)

	Academic Computing Development Team
		The HEFCE E-learning Innovation Fund was awarded in December 2005.
		The briefing meeting for the HEFCE E-learning Innovation Fund was held on the 21st of October.
		HEFCE, in particular, are also keen to stress embedding material and developments, and sustainability of any projects.
	www.oucs.ox.ac.uk /acdt/hefce/index.html (887 words)

	British Academy: The Academy's Response to HEFCE’S Review of the Teaching Funding Method (13 January 2006) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In view of these concerns, the Academy welcomes HEFCE's proposal to "revisit the appropriateness of the price group weightings" (§64) with its implied recognition that the present system of cost weightings may be too approximate and thus disadvantage certain subject areas or types of course.
		What is not clear to us is why HEFCE is assuming so little difference between years which would see a large rise in the numbers paying the higher fee.
		Given that universities are aggressively targeting the international postgraduate market, in order to secure their solvency through higher fee income, we were surprised that the document made no reference to the increasingly large presence of these students.
	www.britac.ac.uk /reports/hefce2006/teaching/htr110106.htm (1215 words)

	NIACE Response to "Partnerships for Progression" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		To achieve this target, HEFCE and LSC propose, through Partnerships for Progression, a widening participation strategy that targets the cohort of those aged 13 to 19 at present, whose participation can count towards the target.
		The document, available electronically at www.hefce.ac.uk under ‘publications’, contains proposals for a joint initiative on widening participation and raising attainment in order to meet the government’s target that, by the year 2010, 50% of those aged between 18 and 30 should have the opportunity to benefit from higher education.
		Support by the LSC for improvement in quality standards in further education and training providers working with disadvantaged students, as a means of securing and increase in the number of students achieving the qualifications needed to benefit from HE.
	www.niace.org.uk /Organisation/advocacy/hefce/partnerships.htm (2850 words)

	Welcome to ESD - Yorkshire and Humber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		He regrets HEFCE proposals to encourage universities to develop sustainable development dimensions in their courses.
		HEFCE is consulting on its vision and plans to support higher education's contribution to sustainable development.
		HEFCE are requesting submissions by the consultation deadline of 11 April.
	www.efseurope.org /cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/efseurope/yorkshire/quickideas/efsNews/News_view_html?key=1106323111.18 (554 words)

	HEFCE funding award gives boost to physical sciences
		The HEFCE funding announcement followed an agreement last year that it would work with a group of organisations to support strategically important and vulnerable subjects.
		It is bringing together a series of activities to support certain subjects which are regarded as strategically important to the economy and society, but which may be vulnerable because of a mismatch between supply and demand.
		The HEFCE Board has advised the Secretary of State for Education and Skills that intervention should be effective, targeted and proportionate
	www.rsc.org /AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2006/HEFCE.asp (711 words)

	HEFCE and Department of Health launch drive to recruit more medical academics
		The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Department of Health have created a new awards scheme worth up to £100 million in a bid to increase the number of medically qualified specialists going into medical teaching and research.
		The move is in response to growing concern over a drop of 500 clinical academic staff between 2000 and 2004 in medical disciplines (including anaesthesia, surgery, pathology and psychiatry) and in clinical dentistry, reported by the Council for Heads of Medical Schools in June 2005.
		Appointment to the five-year lectureships is based on a national competition and medical schools are being invited to nominate candidates in five annual awards starting in 2006-07.
	www.prospects.ac.uk /cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Postgraduate_news/HEFCE_and_Department_of_Health_launch_drive_to_recruit_more_medical_academics/p!eigpkLf (370 words)

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		Will HEFCE further enhance its funding for PGR training and supervision It needs to be borne in mind that HEFCE has it within its gift to make provision for PGRs more attractive by increasing the rate of funding (at the expense of funding for other activities).
		The data show clearly that the cost for those institutions that do not receive HEFCE funding are very substantially greater than for those that do, and this is likely to lead to even more pressure on such institutions to reconsider whether to pull out of PGR provision.
		HEFCE supervision payments are a part of QR for this purpose and therefore attract the same ‘SRIF dividend’.
	www.hepi.ac.uk /downloads/postgraduateresearchdegreeprogrammes-costsandrevenues.doc (3622 words)

	Bristol University - Teaching Support Unit - HEFCE
		The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) distributes public money for teaching and research to universities and colleges.
		The HEFCE was formed, under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, to bring together all higher education in England into one funding system.
		HEFCE are a non-departmental public body (NDPB), which means that we work within the policy framework set by the Secretary of State for Education, but are not part of the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).
	www.bris.ac.uk /tsu/ext_quality/hefce.html (174 words)

	response to HEFCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		We are therefore concerned that funding based on the department as the unit of measurement could undermine the contributions of these individuals.
		While it is reasonable to withdraw floor funding for departments with zero ratings which have shown little commitment to research in the past, the principle of selectivity should not be carried to an extent which prejudices overseas perception of British higher education.
		HEFCE funds should not be used to subsidise the research requirements of outside bodies.
	www.dcs.hull.ac.uk /CISRG/publications/IRW/HEFCE.html (1203 words)

	HEFCE : Publications
		Most HEFCE publications are available on the web and in print, and can be ordered from our Publications department.
		HEFCE Update is a digest of all the latest information issued by the Council in publications, letters, R and D reports, press releases and on the web-site.
		We also publish free general guides covering: HEFCE's work, our funding methods, and higher education in the UK.
	www.hefce.ac.uk /pubs (116 words)

	New HEFCE Funding For Social Work Place (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HEFCE has awarded 24 additional funded places to the University in order to launch the new undergraduate degree in social work, due to commence in September 2004.
		HEFCE placed social work amongst its small number of priority areas for growth this year and competition for these additional places was keen.
		We are very pleased to be in a position to bring extra resources into the University in order to develop our programme of professional social work education'.
	www.keele.ac.uk /news/week/archive/2004/0227/0227-03.htm (110 words)

	HEFCE Review of Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Recommendation 10: The HEFCE should take into account in determining subject budgets the relatively lower level of project funds provided to arts and humanities subjects by the AHRB, compared with the grants from Research Councils to other subjects (see paragraphs 118-9 of the consultation document).
		Recommendation 34: Funding provided by the HEFCE for the training of research students should be calculated and allocated separately from the funding provided for research (see paragraphs 208-215 of the consultation document).
		Recommendation 35: The HEFCE, together with the Research Councils and other stakeholders such as industry and charities, should develop minimum requirements which departments would need to satisfy in order to be eligible for HEFCE funding for postgraduate research student training.
	www.ukcge.ac.uk /hefce_review_of_research.html (1157 words)

	Oxford University Gazette: University's Response to HEFCE's Draft Strategic Plan 2003-8 (Supplement)
		Against this background, HEFCE states that `we are already rebalancing our priorities...and in the coming five years we will do more to identify and meet the needs of students, business and other stakeholders'.
		Paragraph 11 of the covering document circulated by HEFCE with the draft makes clear that not all of the material in the plan is new, and HEFCE is also proposing to conduct detailed consultations on specific areas covered by the plan.
		HEFCE is one of only several funders of higher education institutions, and in some cases (including this institution) it is a minority funder.
	www.ox.ac.uk /gazette/2002-3/supps/2_4661.htm (2051 words)

	Annual Report to the Higher Education Funding Council for England - January 2005
		HEFCE have indicated that they require the first formal monitoring report from QAA in June 2005.
		We have worked closely with HEFCE and HERO on the development of the TQI website and will be monitoring the information provided by institutions both through the routine review of the presence and currency of TQI and the consideration of public information in review and audit methods.
		Consequently, QAA recommends that HEFCE may wish to consider a formal and systematic evaluation of the TQI and public information published by institutions during 2005-06, prior to any subsequent audit engagement.
	www.qaa.ac.uk /aboutus/progress/hefcerep2005/content.asp (7935 words)

	Response to HEFCE
		It has been concluded that alternative forms of assessment are unlikely to eliminate the problems identified with the existing approach and it is very likely that they will generate some serious and possibly intractable problems of their own.
		Nevertheless, this potential danger should be flagged in the criteria established by HEFCE to ensure that panels guard against it.
		But the key issue that is missing in the list of considerations suggested by HEFCE is any appreciation that there are researchers (certainly in BISA) who are being pushed to change their methods of research in order to increase the cost of their research.
	www.bisa.ac.uk /HEFCE.htm (2796 words)

	NCTD: News: New HEFCE Grant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The National Centre for Tactile Diagrams (NCTD) has won a further £132,500 from the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) for a project to equip university staff with the knowledge of how to meet the needs of their blind and partially sighted students, for two years from 2003-2004.
		The project funding will enable the NCTD to develop and deliver a range of staff development activities and materials for university staff across England, helping them to make their learning and teaching materials accessible to the growing number of blind and partially sighted students entering HE.
		This HEFCE grant will enable the NCTD to make an important and timely contribution to the quality of learning and teaching, and to widening participation for blind and partially sighted students.
	www.nctd.org.uk /news/hefce_02.asp (280 words)

	DfES, News Centre
		The Higher Education Funding Council for England was established on 6 May 1992 under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and assumed responsibility for funding higher education in England on 1 April 1993, succeeding the Universities Funding Council and the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council.
		The HEFCE's main functions are to advise the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on the funding needs of higher education institutions in England and to distribute available funds.
		In 2005-06 the HEFCE is distributing over £6 billion to support teaching and research in 130 institutions of higher education and higher education courses at 153 further education colleges.
	www.dfes.gov.uk /pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2005_0071 (1010 words)

	HEFCE
		This is a project based in the Department which is assessing the issues surrounding disability in Archaeology and identifying good practice in the teaching of archaeological field activities.
		It is being funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
		The project has the potential to widen participation by challenging the stereotype of archaeology as a field discipline that may exclude disabled participants.
	www.rdg.ac.uk /archaeology/Undergraduate/HEFCEProject.htm (214 words)

	Imperial College. IC Reporter, SLASHED HEFCE GRANT CUTS IMPERIAL'S INCOME
		HEFCE's funds set aside for capital expenditure will decrease in cash terms by £169 million over three years to 1998-99, a 52 per cent reduction in real terms.
		It seems HEFCE will allocate the cuts pro-rata across the sector, so the College can expect to lose about £2.4 million next year from the capital element of the grant.
		HEFCE will now allocate a single grant to institutions for them to use on recurrent and capital projects as they please.
	www.ic.ac.uk /publications/reporterarchive/0018/hefce.htm (712 words)

	Reports of the OECD/IMHE-HEFCE project on financial management and governance of higher education institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		During 2002 and 2003, the OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE), jointly with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has managed a project on financial management and governance of higher education institutions.
		The project was steered by a Task Group with representatives of the eight participating countries, the IMHE, and HEFCE.
		The Task Group met on several occasions during 2002 and 2003, and the project concluded with a conference in January 2004, and the publication of this report.
	www.oecd.org /document/56/0,2340,en_2649_34525_33644024_1_1_1_1,00.html (267 words)

	HEFCE 99/55:Institutional learning and teaching strategies
		HEFCE 99/48 sets out the definition of an effective learning and teaching strategy, guidance on the content and structure of the strategy and describes how the Council will fund the implementation of such strategies.
		HEFCE regional consultants will also act as a point of contact for institutions as they develop their strategies; they will provide advice on what will be funded and how it can be monitored.
		The funding associated with the HEFCE learning and teaching strategy initiative is to support the change mechanisms that institutions use to implement their strategy.
	odtl.dcu.ie /mirror/hefce/99_55.html (17697 words)

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