David Young Chairman

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David Young Chairman

• Higher Education Funding Council for England
• Annual Meeting
• 21 November 2003
• Welcome

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2002-03 Landmark year

• Enormous agenda for change
• Higher Education White Paper The future of
  higher education
• HEFCE Strategic plan 2003-08
• Higher Education Bill

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Challenges and opportunities

• Organisational change
• New forms of collaboration
• Leadership, governance and management
• Reducing the burden of accountability

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HEFCEs role

• Closer collaboration with all our partners
• New joint working arrangements with the DfES
• Stronger links with the Learning and Skills
  Council
• Strategic alliance with the Department of Health

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HEFCEs role Realising the vision

• Build on the favourable funding settlement
  secured for 2003-04
• Address future strategic issues
• Work with universities and colleges in full
  recognition of their strengths and achievements
• Special role of governing bodies

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HEFCEs role

• Intermediary between Government and universities
  and colleges
• Statutory safeguard for institutional autonomy
• Remove political involvement from decisions about
  institutional allocations

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Annual meeting

• Opportunity to take stock
• Share the Councils thinking and actions
• Opportunity for you to comment and question
• Learn from each other

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Todays programme

• Next - Sir Howard Newby keynote address
• 11.00 Coffee break
• 11.30 Rama Thirunamachandran research
• 12.10 John Rushforth widening participation
• 12.55 Closing remarks
• 13.00 Lunch
• Plenty of time for questions and discussion