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It has an annual budget of around £6 billion.

It is based in Northavon House, on the outskirts of north Bristol on the campus of the University Of The West Of England . Around 250 people are based in the building, including employees of HEFCE, JISC , the Office For Fair Access , and the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

In addition to distributing both teaching and research funding to higher education institutions HEFCE is also involved with: Widening Participation ; developing links between higher education institutions and business and the community; and enhancing leadership, governance and management within the sector. It provides both a contribution to core funding, and Ring-fenced funding for special initiatives, projects and strategic aims.

The Chief Executive of HEFCE is (since 1 September 2006) Professor David Eastwood . His predecessor, Sir Howard Newby , is now the Vice-chancellor of the University Of The West Of England, Bristol .

The organisation itself is organised into four directorates as follows:


Each directorate comprises both policy and regional teams, along with support functions.


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