Invitation 01/16

Rewarding and developing staff in higher education

To:	Heads of higher education institutions funded by HEFCE and TTA
Of interest to those responsible for:	Human resources management and institutional strategic management
Reference:	01/16
Publication date:	March 2001
Enquiries to:	General enquires Claire Warnes (for general enquiries on this special funding initiative), tel 0117 931 7311, e-mail c.warnes@hefce.ac.uk Enquiries on institutional human resource strategies HEFCE Regional Consultants

Executive summary (read on-line)

Introduction
Feedback from consultation (HEFCE 00/56)
General responses
Responses relating to the areas of coverage of the HR strategies
Responses relating to the method of allocation and monitoring
Responses relating to performance indicators
Other responses
Format of the HR strategies
Monitoring and evaluation
Actions in the event of targets not being delivered
Timetable
Application procedure

Annex A - HEFCE Regional Consultants - contact details
Annex B - Specific areas which the HR strategies should cover
Annex C - Indicative allocations for rewarding and developing staff in higher education
Annex D - List of respondents to HEFCE consultation 00/56
Annex E - Cover sheet for HR strategies

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Executive summary

Purpose

1. This document provides feedback on the HEFCE consultation (HEFCE 00/56) and invites higher education institutions to apply for special funding to support the development and implementation of human resource strategies. These additional resources to recruit, retain, reward and develop staff in higher education were announced as part of the Government's year 2000 spending review.

Key points

2. We provide a summary of the responses received to the consultation.

3. We will distribute the funds to institutions in proportion to their combined basic recurrent HEFCE grants for teaching and research. Funding will be released following consideration of human resource strategies addressing certain priority areas. The Teacher Training Agency (TTA) will provide support under this initiative for TTA-funded activity.

4. Institutions are free to determine their own objectives and specific targets. We will monitor these through annual operating statements.

Action required

5. Institutions are invited to submit their HR strategies to us by 1 June 2001. These strategies may be submitted as 'full' or 'emerging', and this information should be indicated by attaching a completed Annex E to the front of the strategy.