2001-02 was the last year of MASN, when the margin was indeed 4% as Dave said.
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2001/01_33.htm
You can see the development of the MASN and the rules for controlling it in the annual HEFCE guidance on 'Holdback' in each of the years from 1994 to 2001 from their website.
From memory, one major problem with the MASN was that it applied to full time (and the odd part time PGCE) 'mandatory award' courses funded by the then TTA and NHS as well as those funded by HEFCE, and therefore every time TTA/NHS made an (upward) adjustment in their numbers usually to meet an important government target ... and institutions responded, we had to discuss with HEFCE the effect on the MASN. The MASN could be raised by applying for ASNs through the annual beauty contests ... er I mean robust ASN bidding rounds that HEFCE organised.
Constantly monitoring against the MASN took up a lot of time and added to the bureaucratic burden. Most people breathed a sigh of relief when it was abolished. Like rate-capping of local authorities, it was seen as a crude public spending control measure introduced by the Tories, that New Labour would sweep away and open up a new era of institutional autonomy ... or something like that ;-).
That it is probably returning also causes me no surprises either ...
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose ...
Or as Pete Townsend once more cynically put it: "Meet the new Boss ... Same as the Old Boss ..."
Mike Milne-Picken
Bradford College
-----Original Message-----
From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Radcliffe
Sent: 22 January 2009 16:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Grant announcement for higher education 2009-10
This was the circular letter introducing the MaSN in July 94, this was then implemented in the 94/95 year:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/1994/c19_94.htm
In addition to exceeding the masn, resource was clawed back via "fee compensation" when not meeting the masn.
From memory, the 1% threshold became 2% and then 4% before the masn was abolished.
Dave
PS and yes, I haven't fallen off my chair in surprise at the prospect of its reintroduction.
-----Original Message-----
From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Norris
Sent: 22 January 2009 15:43
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Grant announcement for higher education 2009-10
Maximum Aggregate Student Number. If you were above it, resource was clawed back.
It was the Major government's reaction to a similar level of success by the sector in increasing student numbers as the government had asked us to do and it was introduced pretty much overnight in the middle of the admissions cycle - so don't expect the fact that we all have lots of legally binding offers out already to make any difference
Paul
--
Paul Norris
Head of Planning
University of Bedfordshire
>>> Eddie Lazell <[log in to unmask]> 22/01/2009 15:40 >>>
For those of us not yet fully versed in HEFCE history, what is or was a MASN?
Eddie
Edward Lazell
Senior Planning Support Officer
Room 321 Whiteknights Building
University of Reading
PO Box 217
Reading, Berkshire
RG6 6AH
Tel. 0118 378 8099
________________________________
From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carden, Giles
Sent: 22 January 2009 13:12
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Grant announcement for higher education 2009-10
It could be, this is something we've been expecting. The admissions cycle is quite advanced so there is only a certain amount HEIs can do.
Giles Carden
________________________________
Dr Giles Carden
Director, Management Information & Planning
University of Warwick
University House, Coventry CV4 8UW
T: 02476 150432 F: 024 76 574363
E: [log in to unmask]
PA:Nick Wyatt, T: 024 76 575299
E: [log in to unmask]
From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Milne-Picken
Sent: 22 January 2009 12:50
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: FW: Grant announcement for higher education 2009-10
<http://www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/>
Re: paragraph 21
I also asked you to develop proposals to bear down on over-recruitment by institutions. I am now asking you to apply these proposals to minimise and preferably eliminate over-recruitment in 2009/10. Any over-recruitment in the coming year could result in a transfer of HEFCE grant back to this Department in that or future years, in order to meet the consequent unanticipated student support costs.
Is the MASN on its way back????
Mike Milne-Picken
Bradford College
________________________________
From: Used by HEFCE to communicate with higher education institutions [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert STEWART [7047]
Sent: 22 January 2009 12:06
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Grant announcement for higher education 2009-10
Grant announcement for higher education 2009-10 HEFCE has received the annual grant letter from the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on higher education funding for 2009-10.
To read this item in full visit
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/grant/
<http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/grant/>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Anything in this message which does not clearly relate to the official work of the sender's organisation shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by that organisation.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Email Disclaimer <http://www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer.htm>
|