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Sources of funding for Higher Education in the UK

Dawn Leeder, RLO-CETL Eddie Gulc, Senior AdviserUniversity of Cambridge Higher Education Academy

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CETL Funding 2005 - 2010

• HEFCE funded - ~£315 million

• 81 CETLs funded (7 in NI)

• Largest ever single T & L intervention

• Aim: to improve the status of teaching in HE

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RLO-CETL Funding

• £3.75 million (capital & recurrent)

• Staff Reward & Development ~ £20K per year

• Mini-projects ~ £30K per year

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Overview of funding sources

• Funding Councils

• Research Councils

• Higher Education Academy

• EU Funding

• Charitable Trusts

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Funding Councils Funding councils in the UK

• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) £4,510m• Scottish Funding Council (SFC) £1,600m• Higher Education Council - ELWa (Wales) £400m• Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland) ?

• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) £110m Provides funding for networks and innovative services for HE & FE

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JISC Joint Information Systems Committee

JISC March 2007http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities.aspx

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JISC servicesAcademy JISC Academic Integrity ServiceArchives HubArts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS)AthensBUFVC (British Universities Film & Video Council)Census Dissemination UnitCopacCrossFireDigimap CollectionsDigital Curation Centre (DCC)Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)EDINAEducation Image GalleryEduserv (innovative technology services)ESDS InternationalFilm & Sound OnlineHairdressing TrainingIndex to The Times 1790-1980Information Environment Service Registry (IESR)IntuteISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK EducationJANETJANET CSIRTJISC CETIS (Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards)JISC Collections

JISC infoNetJISC Internet Plagiarism Advisory ServiceJISC LegalJISC Monitoring UnitJISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres)JISC TechDisJorumJSTORLand, Life & LeisureMimasNational Academic Mailing List service (JISCMail)NetskillsOSS Watch (open source software advisory service)ProcurewebSatellite Image Data ServiceSUNCATTASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images)TechWatch (Technology & Standards Watch)Text Mining CentreUK Access Management Federation for Education and ResearchUK Data Archive (UKDA)UKBORDERSUKOLNZetoc

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Research Councils Funding for research

• Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)• Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)• Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)• Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)• Medical Research Council (MRC)• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)• Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Public/private partnership

Led by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

Each Partnership is part funded by the Government(balance of costs comes from the company partner)

Research Councils all involved with this

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Higher Education Academy • National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) - £2.5m

NTFS Individuals - 50 x £10KProjects - up to £200K (9 funded in 2007)

• Research Observatory £30K per projectExpressions of interest by 19 Marchhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/elearning/elro

• Professional Recognition (Associates, Fellows, Senior Fellows)

• Support (advice, brokerage, advocacy)

• Subject Centres

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding

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Subject centresArt, Design and MediaBioscienceBuilt Environment (CEBE)Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF)EconomicsEducation (ESCALATE)EngineeringEnglishGeography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES)HEALTH Network GroupHealth Sciences and PracticeHistory, Classics and ArchaeologyHospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST)Information and Computer SciencesLanguages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS)Law (UK Centre for Legal Education - UKCLE)Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education)Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR)Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV)PALATINE - Dance, Drama and MusicPhilosophical and Religious StudiesPhysical SciencesSociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP)Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)

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Subject centresArt, Design and MediaBioscienceBuilt Environment (CEBE)Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF)EconomicsEducation (ESCALATE)EngineeringEnglishGeography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES)HEALTH Network GroupHealth Sciences and PracticeHistory, Classics and ArchaeologyHospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST)Information and Computer SciencesLanguages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS)Law (UK Centre for Legal Education - UKCLE)Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education)Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR)Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV)PALATINE - Dance, Drama and MusicPhilosophical and Religious StudiesPhysical SciencesSociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP)Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)

Development Projects up to £5K

- deadline 31 Marchhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/funding

Mini-Projects up to £3.5K

- deadline 11 Aprilhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/fun59

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EU funding

Framework 7 2007 - 2013

Four principal programmes:

• Cooperation € 32.4 billionhelp Europe gain leadership in key areas of science & technology by having our best brains from across Europe working together

• Ideas € 7.5 billion to foster competition and excellence in frontier or fundamental research

• People € 4.7 billion fellowships for research training and career development

• Capacities € 4.2 billion to ensure scientific and technological capacity-building, for example in the area of infrastructures or in helping European regions to gear up their scientific potential

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Charitable TrustsFunding with strings…

• Eduserv - themes - e.g. online identity• Gatsby Charitable Foundation - science and engineering education• Royal Society - themes - e.g. science in schools• NESTA - mainly for 14 -19• Wolfson Foundation - buildings, libraries• Wellcome - bioscience• Leverhulme - health• Etc, etc

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Global initiativesFunding without boundaries, but still with strings…

• HSBC Global Education TrustProjects in and out of school which help educate children and young adults aged 3-25

• Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE)British Council, must meet MDGs

Universities UK International Strategies Group5 key areas of international activity:• reputation• policies and strategies• students• information• partnerships and links

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The Power of Collaboration

Universities’ Collaboration in e-Learning (UCeL)2002 - 2007 (~£90K p.a.)

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects (RLO-CETL)2005 - 2010 (~£600K p.a.)

Next?… GlobalisationInternational Visiting Fellowships2009 - 2014 (£, $, € etc…)

One thing leads to another… … but be flexible

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Be creative!• Don’t ignore bandwagons

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Be creative!• Bandwagons contain money…

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Others are!

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Conclusions

• No obvious single solution• Identify opportunities• Show evidence• Match each call to your strengths• Collaborate, network• Talk to people!• Be creative• Be flexible• Evolve, mutate• Anything’s possible…