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HEFCE people
Council policies are decided by Board members, who are responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation. There are between 12 and 15 Board members.
A number of standing committees and working groups advise the Chief Executive and Board on specific issues.
Policies are then developed and put into practice by HEFCE’s staff, based within three directorates.
A searchable staff list includes telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. Staff are mainly based at Northavon House in Bristol. We also have a base in London, which is used for Board, committee and group meetings.
See our Who's who at HEFCE (Adobe PDF 146K) chart for an overview of HEFCE's structure.
People developments at HEFCE
In 2009 we developed a people strategy. We update the Board on people developments at HEFCE annually. Recent reports to the Board, including equality and diversity data, are listed below.
Enabling excellence: people report (March 2011)
[ Download Enabling excellence: people report as Adobe PDF 391K | Download Enabling excellence: people report as MS Word 296K ]
Annex A
[ Download Enabling excellence: people report Annex A as Adobe PDF 64K | Download Enabling excellence: people report Annex A as MS Word 122K ]
Annex B
[ Download Enabling excellence: people report Annex B as MS Excel 99K ]
Enabling excellence theme report: people (March 2010)
[ Download Enabling excellence: people report as Adobe PDF 180K | Download Enabling excellence: people report as MS Word 258K ]
Annex A
[ Download Enabling excellence: people report: Annex A as Adobe PDF 48K | Download Enabling excellence: people report: Annex A as MS Word 78K ]
Annex B
[ Download Enabling excellence: people report: Annex B as Adobe PDF 28K | Download Enabling excellence: people report: Annex B as MS Word 61K ]
Annex C
[ Download Enabling excellence: people report: Annex C as Adobe PDF 18K | Download Enabling excellence: people report: Annex C as MS Word 35K ]
Annex D
[ Download Enabling excellence: people report: Annex D as MS Excel 85K ]
Enabling excellence theme report: people (December 2008)
[ MS Word 151K |
Adobe PDF 102K ]
Annex A
[ MS Word 50K |
Adobe PDF 34K ]
Annex B
[ MS Word 66K |
Adobe PDF 35K ]
Annex C
[ MS Excel 57K ]
Further information
HEFCE’s institutional teams are responsible for managing our relations with universities and colleges.
The Council's organisational structure is designed to enhance its performance and efficiency. We review this structure and its performance and efficiency periodically. Where we have carried out reviews in these areas we have formally assessed their impact in terms of regulatory burden, equality and diversity, and sustainable development. These assessments are available below.
Sector impact assessment of performance management and reward systems review
[ Adobe PDF 33K | MS Word 107K ]
Sector impact assessment of administrative support
[ Adobe PDF 48K | MS Word 115K ]
Sector impact assessment of HEFCE's people strategy
[ Adobe PDF 47K | MS Word 49K ]
Impact assessment of selling and banking annual leave
[ Adobe PDF 49K | MS Word 54K ]
Last updated 9 November 2011