Rewarding and developing staff in higher education

Reminder to submit human resources strategies

To:	Heads of higher education institutions funded by the HEFCE and the TTA that have not submitted full HR strategies
Of interest to those responsible for:	Human resources management, Strategic management
Reference:	02/09
Publication date:	March 2002
Enquiries to:	Tracy Allan, tel 0117 931 7025, e-mail t.allan@hefce.ac.uk

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Executive summary

Purpose

1. This document reminds higher education institutions (HEIs) to submit their full human resources strategies in order to continue to receive special funding to support the development of human resource management in the sector. These additional resources to recruit, retain, reward and develop staff were announced as part of the Government's 2000 Spending Review.

Key points

2. In March 2001, we invited HEIs to apply for funds under the first year of the Rewarding and Developing Staff in Higher Education initiative (see HEFCE 01/16), by submitting institutional human resources (HR) strategies. Strategies were assessed as either 'full' or 'emerging'. HEIs with emerging strategies were awarded funding for 2001-02 only. These HEIs now need to submit full strategies to release HR funding for years two and three of the initiative - 2002-03 and 2003-04. HEIs whose strategies were assessed as full in 2001 do not need to respond to this invitation.

3. As before, we will distribute funds to institutions in proportion to their combined basic recurrent HEFCE grants for teaching and research. The Teacher Training Agency (TTA) will continue to 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 that have not done so already are invited to submit their full HR strategies to us by Saturday 1 June 2002.