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August 2003/43
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Report on funded projects

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Restructuring and Collaboration Fund

Progress report on approved projects in 2001 and 2002

This is our final report on the Restructuring and Collaboration Fund (R&CF). It shows the standard terms and conditions applied to projects funded through the R&CF, and summarises the progress of projects that received funding in 2001 and 2002. It includes contact details on individual projects. The fund was formally closed on 31 December 2002, to be replaced by the Strategic Development Fund.



To: Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions
Of interest to those responsible for: Finance, Planning, Strategic development, Estates
Reference: 2003/43
Publication date: August 2003
Enquiries to: On individual projects contact the HEFCE regional consultant or higher education adviser for the institution




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Executive summary

Purpose

1.    This is our fourth and final report on our Restructuring and Collaboration Fund (R&CF). It summarises the progress of projects funded through the R&CF that had received funding between January 2001 and December 2002. It includes contact details to obtain further information on individual projects.

2.    On 19 December 2002 the HEFCE Board agreed to formally close the current R&CF with effect from 31 December 2002. It has been replaced by a new Strategic Development Fund (SDF), from April 2003, which will link to and support the HEFCE's strategic priorities more directly. HEFCE 2003/28 provides further information.

3.    Where an institution has been working with HEFCE regional consultants before 31 December 2002 to put a bid together it will still have the opportunity to bid under the previous R&CF criteria. Where these bids do not fit R&CF criteria, as long as they meet the criteria for the SDF, institutions will have the opportunity to bid for funding from the SDF. However, there is no guarantee that such a project will be approved.

Key points

4.    Section 1 provides a summary table listing all projects receiving funding between January 2001 and December 2002.

5.    Section 2 gives an overview of the types of project which institutions put forward for support.

6.    Section 3 sets out the criteria against which the approved projects within this publication were assessed. It also provides information on the standard terms and conditions that we applied to these projects.

7.    Section 4 contains individual progress reports on continuing projects, with contact details for further information.

8.    There is a key to abbreviations at the back.

Action required

9.    None: this report is for information. Any institution seeking further information should contact its HEFCE regional consultant or higher education adviser. For contact details see our web-site.