May 2003/26
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| To: | Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions Heads of universities in Northern Ireland |
| Of interest to those responsible for: | Estates, Finance, Planning, Learning and teaching, Disability issues, IT |
| Reference: | 2003/26 |
| Publication date: | May 2003 |
| Enquiries to: | For funding and formula issues: Ian Lewis, tel 0117 931 7336, e-mail i.lewis@hefce.ac.uk For project applications: |
Executive summary (read on-line)
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Project definition form: learning and teaching capital, science and engineering teaching laboratories
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Project definition form: students with special needs
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Executive summary
1. This document describes the arrangements for allocating HEFCE capital funding for learning and teaching and IT for 2004-06, lists the provisional allocations, and invites institutions to apply for the funds.
Key points
2. We are providing £494 million to improve capital and IT infrastructure to support learning and teaching in higher education institutions. Of this, £117 million is to improve provision for students with special needs, in line with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and its extension in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001. A total of £60 million is included to improve science and engineering teaching laboratories.
3. The allocations for learning and teaching and IT, and science and engineering teaching laboratory projects, are provisional at this stage. The final allocations for these elements will be confirmed on the basis of the final 2003-04 standard teaching resource and allocations for widening access, when these are available in October 2003.
4. We intend to make these investments in a way that maximises the effectiveness of the funding while minimising the accountability burden. Institutions' allocations have therefore been determined formulaically.
5. Institutions will need to identify appropriate projects for using the funds in the context of their own priorities, infrastructure strategies and disability access audits.
Action required
6. Application forms defining the projects for funding should be submitted as soon as possible, and before 1 October 2003.