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October 2003/53
Core funding/operations
Allocation of funds

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Recurrent grants for 2003-04

Final allocations

This document shows the final allocations of HEFCE recurrent grants for 2003-04 for the universities and colleges we fund directly. It also explains the changes made since the provisional allocations were announced in March (HEFCE 2003/10).

To: Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions
Heads of HEFCE-funded further education colleges
Heads of universities in Northern Ireland
Of interest to those responsible for: Finance, Planning
Reference: 2003/53
Publication date: October 2003
Enquiries to: HEFCE higher education advisers

Executive summary (read on-line)

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Annex B

Table 1 Resources for academic year 2003-04
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Table 2 Comparison with 2002-03 academic year grant
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Executive summary

Purpose

1. This document gives our final allocations of recurrent funding to institutions for the academic year 2003-04.

Key points

2. We have updated a number of the allocations given in HEFCE 2003/10. The main reasons for changes are:

  1. Revisions to funding for additional student numbers.
  2. Changes to funding for widening access and improving retention.
  3. Transfers of student numbers and funding between institutions, particularly where further education colleges have chosen to be funded indirectly through a higher education institution.

3. Total recurrent funding has increased by £15.9 million to £4,639 million.

4. The financial memorandum between the Council and institutions specifies the terms and conditions governing our grants.

5. Institutions supply data to inform funding allocations. We will continue to audit these data selectively, and will also use data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency and the Learning and Skills Council to verify them. If we find that the data were inaccurate, so that institutions have received higher allocations than they should have done, we will reduce their funding.

Action required

6. No action is required.