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The Erasmus Student Network (ESN) offers a Web Interface Design Internship for students in Higher Education to work on our online projects in 2014/2015.
ESN is the biggest student organisation in Europe. It was founded on the 16th October 1989 and its aim is to support and develop student mobility. As a European-wide organisation, ESN is using multiple channels to maintain an effective internal and external communication with the Network, our partners, associates and stakeholders. More...

The Erasmus Student Network AISBL (ESN) has recently launched the new questionnaire for the ESNSurvey 2015 edition.
ESN has been conducting this research since 2005 and has collected over 100 000 responses which have allowed us to have a deep insight into students’ situation. With this information, ESN has been able to produce high-quality research reports with many recommendations for European policy-makers, National Agencies and Governments, Higher Education Institutions and students’ associations. More...

HEFCE welcomes the final report of the City Growth Commission (Note 1), including its specific analysis of the role of universities (Note 2).

1. The final report of the City Growth Commission is available on the City Growth Commission web-site.
2. ‘UniverCities: the Knowledge to Power UK Metros’, October 2014. More...

A review of the financial health of higher education institutions published by HEFCE concludes that the higher education sector in England faces significant financial challenges over the next three years.
While the projected performance of the sector to 2016-17 is sound overall, this assumes that higher education institutions will achieve their student recruitment targets, and that there will be no further reductions in government funding.
These findings are part of the summary of finances for universities and colleges in a new HEFCE publication, ‘Financial health of the higher education sector: 2013-14 to 2016-17 forecasts’. More...

The review of the National Student Survey is entering a phase of testing and development.
In July 2014 we published two major pieces of research as part of our review of the National Student Survey (NSS) [Note 1].
While the research did not recommend radical changes to the NSS, it suggested that some alterations would preserve the strengths of the survey and address identified weaknesses, including the possible addition of new questions on student engagement and examining barriers to the inclusion of some students. More...

Heads of HEFCE-funded further education colleges, Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions
Organisations with an interest in higher education
Responses should be returned by e‑mail by 1700 on Wednesday 3 December.
HEFCE’s current Business Plan runs from 2011 to 2015. During 2014 HEFCE has developed this new draft business plan for 2015 to 2020. We aim to publish our new Business Plan in February 2015, reflecting as far as possible the feedback received from this consultation exercise. More...

This report provides an overview of the financial health of the higher education sector in England. The analysis covers the financial forecasts for the period 2013-14 to 2016-17, as submitted by higher education institutions to HEFCE in December 2013 and July 2014.
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Equality Challenge Unit, on behalf of the summit partners, commissioned consultants Schneider-Ross to understand why some senior leaders champion equality and diversity, and the evidenced institutional benefits of their approach. ‘The rationale for equality and diversity: How vice-chancellors and principals are leading change’ was launched at the Committee of University Chairs’ autumn plenary on 16 October 2014. More...

An evaluation of the assessment process for impact in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) is now under way.
HEFCE, in partnership with the other UK higher education funding bodies, has commissioned RAND Europe to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of impact in the REF. This will look at the strengths and weaknesses of the assessment process for impact, and consider any implications for how impact is assessed in future exercises. More...