Supporting public accountability: Presenting income and expenditure information to current students

1. We are writing to you regarding work HEFCE has undertaken at the Government’s request with the British Universities Finance Directors Group (BUFDG), GuildHE, the National Union of Students (NUS) and Universities UK (UUK) to explore the presentation of information on institutional income and expenditure (including tuition fee income). This work aims to support higher education providers in meeting the Government’s accountability expectations, in a way that is mindful of competition between institutions and seeks to minimise additional administrative burden on universities.
2. HEFCE has commissioned desk-based and survey research to establish the current provision of and demand for this information. More...