The Strategic Planning Division works with departments across the College to prepare Office for Students (OfS) / Research England (RE) statutory funding returns, the Access and Participation Plan and monitoring returns, the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) submission, other statutory returns, and responses to regulatory body and other Government consultations.
OfS / RE Funding and Statutory Returns
The Strategic Planning Division is responsible for the compilation of the:
- Higher Education Student Early Statistics (HESES) return
- Higher Education-Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey
- Medical and Dental Students (MDS) survey
- Knowledge Exchange strategy
- Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) strategy
- UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) bids and reporting
- Transparency Return
The Division contributes to the compilation of the:
- HESA Student Record return
- HESA Staff Record return
- HESA Finance Statistics Return (FSR)
OfS Access and Participation Plan and Monitoring Returns
The Strategic Planning Division is responsible for the compilation of the College's:
- Access and Participation Plans (and Access Agreements for earlier years)
- Access and Participation Plan monitoring returns
OfS Student Protection Plan
The Strategic Planning Division is responsible for the compilation of the College's:
Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF)
The Strategic Planning Division is responsible for the compilation of the College's:
Regulatory Body Policy Consultations
The Strategic Planning Division co-ordinates responses to policy consultations run by regulatory bodies (the Office for Students, Research England, and the former HEFCE). Recent policy consultations include:
- OfS Consultation on NSS Consultation Response April 2024 in April 2024 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on the publication of National Student Survey results in 2023 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on a new approach to regulating equality of opportunity November 2022 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on changes to the National Student Survey September 2022 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on B3: baselines for student outcomes indicators March 2022 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on Constructing Indicators March 2022 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on the Teaching Excellence Framework March 2022 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on Teaching grant savings in academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21 February 2020 (pdf)
- Research England consultation on the Knowledge Exchange Framework March 2019 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on A new approach to regulating access and participation in English HE October 2018 (pdf)
- OfS Consultation on Calculating student numbers of regulatory purposes October 2018 (pdf)
- HEFCE Initial Call for Evidence on the KEF January 2018 (pdf)
- HESA Consultation on July 2016 (pdf)
- HESA Consultation on Graduate destinations and outcomes data July 2016 (pdf)
- HEFCE Consultation on Input to BIS on Science and Innovation Strategy June 2014 (pdf)
- HEFCE Consultation on Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment June 2014 (pdf)
- HEFCE Consultation on Sustainable Development in Higher Education February 2014 (pdf)
- HEFCE Consultation on Open Access in the post-2014 REF October 2013 (pdf)
- HEFCE Consultation on Student Number Controls May 2013 (pdf)
- HEFCE Consultation on Proposed Implementation of the Research Integrity Concordat March 2013 (pdf)
Research Excellence Framework
Information on REF can be found on the Research Excellence Framework pages.
Government Policy Consultations
The Strategic Planning Division co-ordinates responses to Government policy consultations. Recent policy consultations include:
- Call for views for the Independent Review of TEF March 2019 (pdf)
- DfE consultation on Subject Level TEF May 2018 (pdf)
- Department of Health Consultation on Expansion of UG Medical Education June 2017 (pdf)
- Response to the Industrial Strategy Green Paper April 2017 (pdf)
- BIS Call for Evidence on Accelerated Courses and Switching University or Degree July 2016 (pdf)
- BIS Technical Consultation on Year Two of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) July 2016 (pdf)
- Consultation on the Stern review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) March 2016 March 2016 (pdf)
- BIS Consultation on Higher Education - Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice January 2016 (pdf)
- BIS Consultation on Input to BIS on Science and Innovation Strategy September 2014 (pdf)
- BIS Consultation on Proposals for Long-Term Capital Investment in Science and Research July 2014 (pdf)
- BIS Select Committee Inquiry into Business-University Collaboration April 2014 (pdf)
- BIS Consultation on Key Priorities for the Research Base May 2013 (pdf)
Advocacy Body Policy Consultations
- Universities UK Consultation on Fair admissions to Higher Education November 2019 (pdf)