Useful organisations
List of useful organisations relating to higher education policy
- Association of Business Schools UK - representative body of business schools in UK universities, higher education institutions and independent management colleges
- Association for Research Managers and Administrators - professional association encouraging professional development
- Association of University Administrators - professional body for higher education managers and administrators
- British Academy - policy studies section
- British Universities Finance Directors Group (BUFDG) - representative body for finance office staff in the higher education sector in the United Kingdom
- Council for Science and Technology - the UK Prime Minister’s top-level independent advisory body on science and technology policy issues
- Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) HE gateway - for professionals interested in the government’s higher education policy
- Department for Employment and Learning (DELNI) - higher education section
- European Higher Education Area - site aims to explain and faciliate further engagement in the Bologna Process from 2010-2020
- Higher Education Academy - supports sector to provide high quality learning for all students
- Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) - promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research, meeting the diverse needs of students, the economy and society
- Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) - promotes internationally excellent higher education in Wales.
- Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee in UK Parliament - examines the administration, expenditure and policy of the BIS including higher education
- Joint Information Services Committee (JISC) - supports further and higher education by providing strategic guidance, advice and opportunities to use ICT in support teaching, learning, research and administration
- Joint Universities Council - represents the majority of British higher education institutions teaching and researching in the fields of public administration, social policy, and social work education
- Million + - think tank using policy to solve complex problems in higher education
- Research Councils UK (RCUK) - the strategic partnership of the UK’s seven research councils.
- Scottish Funding Council (SFC) - national body responsible for funding teaching and learning provision and research in Scotland
- Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) - aims to improve the quality of higher education through debate and publication on issues of policy in higher education
- Universities UK (UUK) - representative body for the executive heads of UK universities.
- Universities Scotland - represent and promotes Scotland’s higher education sector and campaign on its behalf.
- UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) - brings together key UK funders and stakeholders who provide support for the development sciences research base
- UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) - established to advance graduate education in all academic disciplines throughout the UK
- UK Research Office - information and advice service on EU funding for research and higher education.
- Wellcome Trust SPIN - newsletter produced by the strategic planning and policy unit and the Wellcome Library