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<title><![CDATA[&pound;50 million boost for universities to stimulate UK&rsquo;s economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Some of England’s leading universities will benefit from a £50 million investment in cutting-edge research and innovation projects to drive growth, Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts has announced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Early evaluation of the Unistats web-site]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Early research into user experiences of the Unistats web-site, published today, shows that it is one of the most widely used higher education course comparison web-sites, and that universities and colleges rose well to the challenge of providing a new data set.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Consultation launched on future arrangements for student number controls]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HEFCE is asking for views on its proposals on controlling student numbers from 2014-15 onwards.]]></description>
<link>http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2013/name,81801,en.html</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burden of providing costing information to be reduced]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A review of TRAC (the activity-costing method used by UK universities and colleges) has found strong support for the method across the sector, but suggests some important improvements to streamline the process and save money.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BIS is seeking to appoint a new member to the HEFCE Board]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) wishes to appoint a new HEFCE Board member.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Melville-Ross re-appointed as Chair of HEFCE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science has announced the re-appointment of Tim Melville-Ross as Chair of HEFCE until 2016.]]></description>
<link>http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2013/name,81755,en.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evaluating impact in the REF]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An evaluation of the rewards and challenges for institutions in preparing submissions detailing the impact of their research for the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) is due to start shortly. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vacancy on the Jisc Board]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On behalf of all the UK funders of Jisc, we are seeking to appoint a member to the Board of the newly created Jisc (formerly known as the Joint Information Systems Committee, JISC). Jisc is a charity and a company limited by guarantee, owned by higher education and further education sector representative bodies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Non-continuation rates at English HEIs: Trends for entrants 2005-06 to 2010-11]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A report presenting new data on the non-continuation rates of different groups of students at English higher education institutions (HEIs) has been published today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Message from Alan Langlands, Chief Executive (April 2013)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[March is the month when we announce our annual allocation of recurrent grant, and the reduction in grant compared with a year ago is in line with changes arising from the reform of higher education funding. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Students&rsquo; Green Fund]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NUS has been awarded £5 million by HEFCE  for a Students’ Green Fund, the four key themes of which will be student participation, partnership, impact and legacy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HEFCE support for off-shore engineering centre ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Newcastle University is to lead a national centre for sub-sea and offshore engineering as part of a major drive to develop new materials and technologies to explore the world’s oceans. The centre will receive £3 million in HEFCE funding.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alan Langlands appointed Vice-Chancellor at University of Leeds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sir Alan Langlands has been appointed to the post of Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leeds with effect from 1 October 2013 (note 1).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unistats has received over three million page views since launch]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Since its launch on the 27 September 2012 to the 20 March, the Unistats web-site has received 3,315,620 page views and 171,186 unique visitors – an average of 984 new visitors per day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HEFCE allocates &pound;4.47 billion to universities and colleges in England for 2013-14]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will allocate £4.47 billion to 129 universities and higher education colleges and 203 further education colleges for the academic year 2013-14.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HEFCE is looking to appoint new members to its Strategic Advisory Committees]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HEFCE wishes to appoint new members to three of its four Strategic Advisory Committees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HE sector prepares for future financial challenges]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the year before the introduction of the new funding arrangements for higher education in England, the sector overall was in a sound financial position, and will remain so in 2012-13. However, 2011-12 saw the first real-terms reduction in total income on record, and forecasts for 2012-13 suggest that the sector will see a sharp fall in surpluses.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Call for evidence to inform national strategy for access and student success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HEFCE and OFFA are interested to hear from universities and colleges, schools, and any other organisation involved in widening participation in higher education to inform the development of a national strategy for access and student success.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Challenges and opportunities: Impact of the higher education reforms on students, universities and colleges]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the 2012 changes to higher education funding has been published by HEFCE.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exchanging ways to deliver greater efficiency]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new ‘Efficiency Exchange’ project will help higher education professionals discover and share innovative ways to deliver greater efficiency and transformation within their universities and colleges. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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