Independent Review Group review of the effectiveness and efficiency of HEFCE: Final report

This report sets out the findings of an independent effectiveness and efficiency review of the Higher Education Funding Council for England for the period 2004-09.

Contents

1. Executive summary
2. Schedule of recommendations
3. Background to this study
4. The organisation and its people
5. Stakeholder relations
6. Assessing HEFCE's efficiency
7. Assessing HEFCE's effectiveness
8. Policy development and advice to government and others
9. Administration of funding and implementation of public policy initiatives
10. Regulation of the HE sector and accountability for public funding
11. Related bodies
12. Promotion of good practice within higher education institutions
13. Facing the future; the Higher Education Framework and other challenges

Appendix A. Terms of reference
Appendix B. Consultees
Appendix C. Source documents
Appendix D. Common abbreviations
Appendix E. Picturing HEFCE's role
Appendix F. The Board
Appendix G. Staffing
Appendix H. The commercial banks
Appendix I. Non-HEI stakeholders
Appendix J. Policy case studies
Appendix K. Higher Ambitions; possible impact on HEFCE operations

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