New business plan shows how HEFCE will manage change

01 November 2011

Higher education in England is changing and HEFCE has today published a business plan that describes how it will meet the challenges and opportunities of this transition.

The plan covers the period up to 2015, during which time the Government’s reforms to higher education funding and regulation will take effect.

It describes three key principles – opportunity, choice and excellence – that will inform our work to support our priorities: the core academic activities of learning and teaching, research and knowledge exchange.

It also details how HEFCE will deliver these objectives – its practices. This will include: an emphasis on high-quality information; a proportionate approach to regulation; investment for public benefit; and a commitment to working in partnership with Government, students, universities, colleges, and key national agencies.

HEFCE’s role in safeguarding the collective interests of students runs through all of its work.