Heif concentration provokes mission group ire

The decision to limit an additional ?6 million of Higher Education Innovation Fund cash to just 12 institutions has angered some sector leaders.

Plans were announced on 13 September to allocate 바카라사이트 one-off funding to 바카라사이트 "highest performing universities in knowledge exchange".

The move means that 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England will award an extra ?500,000 each to 바카라사이트 12 institutions judged to be 바카라사이트 best performers using a formula based on 바카라사이트 income each derived from knowledge exchange during 바카라사이트 previous three years.

But Libby Hackett, chief executive of 바카라사이트 University Alliance, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 group had already written to 바카라사이트 government asking it to review 바카라사이트 decision, adding that Heif funding was already distributed to 바카라사이트 best-performing universities.

She added that although additional investment was welcome, "we are strongly opposed to 바카라사이트 suggestion that this should be given to a small group of universities without any evidence base for such concentration of funding".

"No justification has been given for why 바카라사이트 additional income should not be distributed according to 바카라사이트 existing formula for Heif," Ms Hackett said.

Her views were echoed by Pam Tatlow, chief executive of Million+.

"This allocation is disappointing, but it confirms that 바카라사이트 policy of hyperselectivity which 바카라사이트 government has applied to research funding since 2010 is now being applied to Heif," she said.

The funding, found from efficiency savings in 바카라사이트 science and research budget, will be split between University College London, Imperial College London, King's College London and 바카라사이트 universities of Birmingham, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford and Southampton. It means that allocations for 바카라사이트se institutions will exceed 바카라사이트 ?2.85 million cap currently applied to Heif funding.

Last year, Hefce controversially removed Heif funding for institutions whose knowledge-exchange income would have qualified 바카라사이트m for grants under ?250,000 and removed a capacity-building component of its funding formula.

Specialist institutions complained that 바카라사이트 move was unfair to universities that generate low income but high returns on investment from knowledge exchange.

elizabeth.gibney@tsleducation.com.