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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>
<link>http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2013/name,80962,en.html</link>
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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>
<link>http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2013/name,79992,en.html</link>
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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>
<link>http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2013/name,78972,en.html</link>
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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>
<link>http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2013/name,78928,en.html</link>
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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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<title><![CDATA[National strategy for access and student success: interim report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An interim report on the development of a national strategy to promote fair access and student success in higher education has been published today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The impact of Widening Participation funding]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A report on the uses and impact of HEFCE’s funding for widening participation (WP) shows that there is widespread agreement that the funding provided by HEFCE has had a significant impact upon WP activity and enhanced outcomes.]]></description>
<link>http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2013/name,78825,en.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Catalyst funding for new Veterinary Clinical Skills Centre at Surrey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HEFCE has allocated £4.9 million for a Veterinary Clinical Skills Centre as part of the University of Surrey’s School of Veterinary Medicine. The centre is being developed in collaboration with regional and international veterinary research institutes, local veterinary surgeries and global partners. The new school, which will open in 2014, aims to train the multi-disciplinary veterinary leaders of the future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Call for advice on open access]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HEFCE is inviting advice on developing the four UK funding bodies’ joint policy on open access in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HEFCE funding for higher education 2013-14]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced its high-level funding decisions for higher education in England, following the annual grant letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and subsequent decisions by the HEFCE Board on 31 January. Allocations to individual universities and colleges will be announced on 21 March.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Message from Alan Langlands, Chief Executive (February 2013)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In January I attended a London Higher roundtable discussion at the British Medical Association, in which issues of interest and concern for London’s higher education sector were discussed. A subsequent meeting with the Scottish Funding Council addressed issues of relevance to Scottish higher education including how targeted support might be provided for specific areas of postgraduate provision in Scottish institutions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Response to BIS consultation on alternative providers published]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In November 2012, The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) published a consultation document on applying student number controls to alternative providers with designated courses.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Delivering a lasting legacy: Universities and colleges to capitalise on Olympic experience]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Following the successful involvement of UK universities and colleges in the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, HEFCE has commissioned Podium, the Further and Higher Education Unit for the Olympic Games to help universities and colleges build on their 2012 experience by making their expertise available to other major events.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latest data on universities&rsquo; REF submission intentions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[UK higher education institutions (HEIs) plan to submit the work of a slightly increased number of their staff for assessment in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), compared to the previous Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Funding for higher education in England for 2013-14: HEFCE grant letter from BIS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Minister for Universities and Science have today confirmed funding allocations to HEFCE for 2013-14 and the Government’s priorities for the Council for the coming year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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