Governors in higher education have a vital role to play in ensuring that their provider continuously identifies, plans for and delivers improvements to value for money. With an increasingly challenging student market and research funding environment, this role for governors is becoming more significant. More...

The Apprenticeship Levy will be used to fund apprenticeships at all levels. No targets exist for the number of degree apprenticeships, but they contribute to the Government’s target of 3 million apprenticeship starts between 2015 and 2020. More...

Degree apprenticeships are part of the Government’s approved English apprenticeships programme, funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. They involve programmes of learning in which an apprentice is employed while undertaking a Level 6 (degree equivalent) or Level 7 (masters degree, postgraduate certificate, or postgraduate diploma) qualification which is part of an approved standard leading to competence in a named occupation. More...

HEFCE has received confirmation of funding from the Department for Education for the second phase of the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund. More...

The Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Panel (IDAP) has been established to advise the REF team, REF panel chairs and the UK funding bodies on the approach to support the submission and assessment of interdisciplinary research in the REF. The panel will advise on whether it should have a specific role in the submissions and assessment phase of the next REF in summer 2018, following the completion of its initial work. More...

The REF is the system for assessing the quality of research in UK universities and higher education colleges. The results of the REF drive the allocation of public funding for research. This major exercise is undertaken by the four UK higher education funding bodies. More...

The launch of the Institute for Apprenticeships includes confirmation of a quality settlement between Ofsted and HEFCE that agrees responsibility for the quality assessment of apprenticeships delivered by higher education (HE) providers between Levels 4 and 7. More...

HEFCE is launching the Connecting Capability Fund, with guidance on the allocation of £100 million to support university collaborations in research commercialisation. More...

The Government is taking forward a number of initiatives to meet its goal of creating ‘a democracy that works for everyone’. HEFCE has been invited to assist the Government in achieving this goal by encouraging higher education providers in their efforts to improve student registration levels further, including through sharing of good practice. More...