Research and evaluation reports
2005
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We commission and write research and evaluation reports to inform our decisions on policy and funding. They do not necessarily represent the views of HEFCE. These reports are available on our web-site only (rather than in print), except where indicated.
(Reports are listed in alphabetical order by title.)
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February 2005
An evaluation of HEFCE's Chinese studies initiative
Evaluation of HEFCE funding for minority subjects
Two reports to HEFCE by Universitas
July 2005
Costs and benefits of external review of quality assurance in higher education
A report by JM Consulting Ltd to HEFCE, Universities UK, SCOP, the DfES and the Quality Assurance Framework Review Group
February 2005
Costs of training and supervising postgraduate research students
A report to HEFCE by JM Consulting Ltd
May 2005
Cross-national equality and diversity
(Equal opportunities and diversity Project 5)
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
May 2005
Cross-sectoral study
(Equal opportunities and diversity Project 4)
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
April 2005
Design with distinction: the value of good building design in higher education
(Printed copies available) Report by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) commissioned by the funding councils
December 2005
Evaluation of Foundation Degree Forward
A report to HEFCE by Russell Moseley and Stephen Hill
April 2005
How the public interest in teaching quality and standards is secured in US higher education
A report to HEFCE by Tony Clark and Nigel Brown
September 2005
Impact of selective funding of research in England, and the specific outcomes of HEFCE research funding
A desk-based review for HEFCE and the Department for Education and Skills by Evidence Ltd
September 2005
National Student Survey: interim assessment of the 2005 questionnaire
A report to HEFCE by John T.E. Richardson, Institute of Educational Technology, the Open University, and Ipsos UK Public Affairs
May 2005
National survey of equal opportunities practices
(Equal opportunities and diversity Project 6)
Dr Karen Ross, Coventry University
May 2005
Negotiating equity in higher education institutions
(Equal opportunities and diversity Project 3)
Rosemary Deem, Louise Morley, Anwar Tlili
May 2005
Non-disclosure and hidden discrimination in higher education
(Equal opportunities and diversity Project 2)
Institute of Employment Studies
May 2005
Options for higher education in Herefordshire, Powys and Shropshire
Report to HEFCE by SQW Ltd
August 2005
Potential for using credits in the revised teaching funding method
A scoping study for HEFCE by the Higher Education Consultancy Group and CHEMS
August 2005
Quality assurance review of the Transparent Approach to Costing in UK higher education institutions
Final report to the UK funding bodies, Research Councils and OST by staff seconded to HEFCE from KPMG
July 2005
Researchers in higher education institutions: scoping study of career development and human resource management
A report to HEFCE by Evidence Ltd
May 2005
Statistics for equal opportunities in higher education
(Equal opportunities and diversity Project 1)
Pamela Abbott, Roger Sapsford, Laura Molloy
November 2005
Study of the English Higher Education Regional Associations
A report to HEFCE by Alan Brickwood and Nigel Brown
November 2005
Summative evaluation of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (TQEF)
A report to HEFCE by the Higher Education Consultancy Group and CHEMS Consulting
November 2005
Survey of higher education students' attitudes to debt and term-time working and their impact on attainment
A report to Universities UK and HEFCE by the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI) and London South Bank University
February 2005
Towards a research strategy on learning and teaching
Report to HEFCE by the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI)
October 2005
Use of costs to inform the funding of teaching
A report to HEFCE by JM Consulting and PA Consulting