If you filter for grant above £5million as an arbitrary cutoff to get a manageable list...
there are 37 institutions with an above average proportion of ELQ funding to be phased out; of these 37, a large majority, 23, are what I would consider to be institutions with a strong perspective for Widening Participation (including the OU and Birkbeck with their unique concentration on part time distance/evening study, and including some of the most well-recognised and applauded institutions on WP like Sunderland, Wolverhampton, East London, South Bank. London Met, Bolton, Thames Valley, Westminster, Coventry, Teesside, Bedfordshire and, of course, our good selves and others); 5 of the others are specialist institutions (in art, dance and music plus SOAS), and only 9 (approx a quarter) are what you could call 'traditional multifaculty universities' (Russell Group or '94 group - inc Oxford, Warwick, Leicester, Sussex etc).
Having said that some strongly WP institutions, Nottingham Trent and Plymouth for example, are barely affected, though a much larger proportion of the Redbrick/Russell group seem to be largely unscathed.
But it does seem a perverse initial outcome for a government committed to WP and doing this in the name of improving WP.
I suspect some of the issue will be relating to 2005-06 data used - after all how many of us have taken much notice of this area previously?
Mike Milne-Picken
Bradford College
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From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Norris
Sent: 11 October 2007 09:58
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Subject: Re: HEFCE consultation on ELQs
Andrea
They've filled in the links that were blank on the consultation circular http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2007/07_27/
This does seem at first glance to particularly hit those of us who specialise in access, widening participation and lifelong learning.
Regards
Paul
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Paul Norris
Head of Planning
University of Bedfordshire
>>> Andrea Cheshire <[log in to unmask]> 10/11/07 9:49 am >>>
Mike
where has Hefce hidden the modelling on their website? Can you guide me in the right direction?
Many thanks
Andrea
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From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Milne-Picken
Sent: 11 October 2007 09:15
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Subject: Re: HEFCE consultation on ELQs
The modelling is now on the HEFCE website. Doesn't take long to
work out who's most affected - and we are one of them.
Seems to significantly affect a number of colleges, who do not
offer degrees in History and Sociology! London institutions seem
particularly affected (with half the population of London being already
graduates, that was inevitable). Seems to be hitting some of those who
are on message with the government's skills agenda!
I think Bill Rammell has too simplistic a view of what this
represents in his article in the THES today.
Mike Milne-Picken
20 most affected institutions (by ELQ funding in 2007-08 to be
phased out as proportion of total teaching funding):
Institution ELQ funding to be phased out
2007-08 Total Funding 2007-08
1 City of Westminster College 40.8% £399,771
£980,099
2 Birkbeck College 38.3% £7,866,367
£20,514,926
3 South Thames College 28.0% £115,620
£412,216
4 Conservatoire for Dance and Drama 26.0% £2,299,911
£8,850,115
5 London Business School 24.9% £187,824
£753,747
6 Open University 22.7% £31,628,519
£139,364,677
7 Barking College 21.6% £170,644
£788,629
8 Institute of Cancer Research 19.5% £126,704
£649,358
9 Manchester College of Arts and Technology 17.8%
£252,031 £1,418,780
10 School of Pharmacy 15.3% £639,053
£4,166,514
11 Southampton City College 13.9% £17,227
£123,763
12 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 13.7%
£496,602 £3,612,027
13 Bradford College 13.6% £880,076
£6,461,839
14 City University, London 13.3% £3,191,136
£24,047,550
15 Thames Valley University 12.5% £3,630,467
£29,049,586
16 Craven College 11.6% £23,205
£200,791
17 Lewisham College 10.8% £13,689
£127,014
18 University of Bedfordshire 10.7% £2,677,349
£24,930,797
19 University of East London 10.6% £3,774,215
£35,466,475
20 London Metropolitan University 10.3% £6,191,987
£59,970,483
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