2013 head of estates and sustainable development andrew smith
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What I’m going to cover
• HEFCE• How we see sustainability• A new Sustainable Development
Framework• Where you come in!
• Non-departmental public body (NDPB): formed in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act
• Devolved administrations have their own arrangements
• Independent body to implement government policy and advise government on HE
• c200 staff based in Bristol and London
HEFCE: the background
What HEFCE does
A. Investment
B. Regulation
C. Information
D. Partnership
Higher Education Success
• With 1 per cent of the world’s population, UK HE produces 9 per cent of the world’s scientific papers and 13 per cent of the most highly cited
• 87 per cent of UK HE research activity reviewed by the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) was of international quality
• 2009 National Student Survey shows that 81 per cent of respondents were satisfied with their course
• UK remains the favoured destination for international students (after the US)
Higher education’s contribution
• Role as educators
• Research and knowledge transfer
• Leadership in society
• Business operations
A rich history in higher education
• 1958 – Institute for Development Policy and Management established at the University of Manchester
• 1967 – First School of Environmental Sciences
• 1972 – Climatic Research Unit, the first institute set up to specifically study climate change
• 2000 – Tyndall Centre established with HQ at UEA
What HEFCE can do
Role as catalyst and facilitator
• Engaging with partners
• Good practice and capacity building
• Rewarding more sustainable practice
• Information and analysis
Funding projects• Developing leaders for sustainable development:
enabling behaviour change – Bournemouth University
• Midnight Oil – University of Oxford
• Leading curriculum change for sustainability: strategic approaches to quality enhancement – University of Gloucestershire
• Sustainability Exchange – Staffordshire University and the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges
• Recoverable grants for carbon reduction projects
• Proven technologies and innovative projects
RGF 1
• £30 million; 59 institutions funded
• Estimated annual savings of 8.6% by 2020
RGF2
• £11 million; 27 institutions funded
• Annual savings of 18,500 tonnes
RGF3?
Revolving Green Fund
Revolving Green Fund 3
Providing : c£20m in Recoverable Grants
To achieve : Cost savings and carbon reduction
Through : Small scale programmes and retrofit projects
Received : 40 Small scale programmes £12.6m
17 Retrofit projects £15.3m
Announcements in May 2013
Web publication of a summary report
Many drivers for SD
Lower costs
Students
Staff
Employers
Funding
GovernmentSociety
Public relations Marketing
Moral
Media
Legislation
Energy SecurityRisk Management
• Sector strategy agreed through consultation
• Published with UUK and GuildHE
• Sets out areas where we will work with institutions and others to achieve reductions
• Requirement for institutions to set their own targets and develop carbon management plans
• Linking capital to carbon performance
Carbon reduction strategy
• Challenging targets for sector and society
• 34% by 2020 and 80% by 2050 against a
1990 baseline (scope 1 and 2 emissions)
• ‘Leading sustainable development in
higher education’
• Revolving Green Fund
• HEFCE capital linked to carbon
Carbon Reduction
Institutional targets 2005 - 2020
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Sustainable Development HEFCE’s roleA new SD Framework for how we
engage with the sector
– Discussion
– HEFCE’s LGM Strategic
Committee (May)
– HEFCE Board (July)
– Consultation
Questions to consider
• What should HEFCE’s role be?• Is our assessment right?• Is there anything we should be doing that
we aren’t doing; anything we should stop or do differently?
• How can we support and encourage others?
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How to find out moree-mail [email protected]
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Questions to consider today
• What are the most significant challenges you face within your HEI?
• What are the biggest opportunities?• What would you like to see in the new
HEFCE framework?• What are the strengths and weaknesses of
HEFCE’s approach?
‘Aha’ Moment
• It’s not the technical ‘what’ that you should focus on - get people to buy into the ‘why’