HEFCE’s dealings with London Metropolitan University

Timeline of events

Documents and records of other communications can be viewed below, listed by date. An overview of events is on the main LMU page.

2005

Date: Jan 2005

Format: External link
Description: Non-Completion at the University of North London and London Guildhall University: a case study by HEPI.
The HEPI report was commissioned by LMU to investigate the discrepancy in retention of students between the City Campus (previously London Guildhall University, LGU) and the North Campus (previously University of North London, UNL).

The analysis is not concerned with the definition of non-completion that we use for funding purposes. Rather, it is based on the measures used for performance indicators: the bulk of it is about continuation of students after their first year of entry, with some briefer look at projected outcomes.

View item: Non-Completion at the University of North London and London Guildhall University: a case study

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Date: 14-15 Feb 2005

Format: E-mail

From/To: Internal e-mail exchanges between colleagues in ASG (HEFCE)
Description: Internal e-mail exchanges confirm that ASG colleagues have visited LMU and expect them to make substantial changes to their HESA 2003-04 record to reduce the FTE. Also confirms that we are now not asking them to re-submit their HESES03 but will instead put them through the HESA-HESES reconciliation exercise.
View item: Download the D2009_27912.pdf as PDF (624 KB)

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Date: 24 Feb 2005

Format: Letter

From/To: Assurance 3 (HEFCE) to Brian Roper (LMU)
Description: VC notified that an audit of the HESES04 return will take place.
View item: Download the D2009_27915.pdf as PDF (1,990 KB)

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Date: 15 Mar 2005

Format: E-mail

From/To: E-mail exchange between Assurance 2 (HEFCE) to LMU 1 (LMU)
Description: E-mails discussing the timing and content of the HESES04 data audit.
View item: Download the D2009_27919.pdf as PDF (1,429 KB)

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Date: 7-10 Jun 2005

Format: Event

From/To: Internal exchanges between HEFCE colleagues in ASG and Assurance as well as with LMU
Description: HESES04 Data Audit Field work: Difficulty experienced in obtaining supporting data therefore extended the audit by a day.
View item: Download the D2009_27925.pdf as PDF (1,899 KB)

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Date: 5 Aug 2005

Format: Letter

From/To: ASG 1 (HEFCE) to Brian Roper (LMU)
Description: Letter to the University setting out the funding implications of the reconciliation of 2003-04 HESA and HESES reconciliation. This states that holdback of £1,729,907 should have applied for 2003-04 (rather than the zero that the original HESES03 return indicated). Total funding implications amount to a reduction for the period 2003-04 to 2004-05 of £3,489,837 plus a reduction for 2005-06 of £225,528.
View item: Download the D2009_27928.pdf as PDF (535 KB)

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Date: 7 Sept 2005

Format: Letter

From/To: LMU to HEFCE
Description: Letter of appeal from the University asking for holdback arising from the 2003-04 HESA and HESES reconciliation to be mitigated on the basis that its Media Studies provision should be funded entirely at price group C rates in 2003-04, rather than split between price group C and price group D.
View item: Download the D2009_30239.pdf as PDF (647 KB)

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Date: 12 Sept 2005

Format: Report

From/To: Assurance 3 (HEFCE) to Brian Roper (LMU)
Description: Final report from HESES04 data audit issued.
View item: Download the D2009_27930.pdf as PDF (3,338 KB)

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Date: Sept-Nov 2005

Format: E-mail

From/To: E-mail exchanges between ASG 1 (HEFCE) and LMU 1 (LMU)
Description: E-mail exchanges relating to the HESA-HESES reconciliation exercise for 2003-04.
View item: Download the D2009_27934.pdf as PDF (2,050 KB)

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Date: 5 Dec 2005

Format: Letter

From/To: Brian Roper (LMU) to Assurance 3 (HEFCE)
Description: LMU send completed action plan detailing response to HESES04 audit.
View item: Download the D2009_27935.pdf as PDF (975 KB)

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Date: 22 Dec 2005

Format: Letter

From/To: ASG 1 (HEFCE) to Brian Roper (LMU)
Description: This letter sets out the final funding implications of the reconciliation of 2003-04 HESA and HESES data in light of the University’s appeal and data corrections submitted in late September.
View item: Download the D2009_27938.pdf as PDF (780 KB)

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Date: Dec 2005 - Jan 2006

Format: HESES submission

From/To: LMU 1 (LMU) to INS 1 (HEFCE)
Description: Submission of HESES05. This led to holdback of £234,060. This was offset in-year by a balancing allocation of moderation funding, but deducted in full from the University's baseline for 2006-07. FT UG non-completion rate reported as 2.9 per cent.
View item: Download the D2009_27940.pdf as PDF (4,408 KB)

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