Higher Education Funding Council for England

Higher Education Funding Council for England
HEFCE
Agency overview
Formed	1992
Preceding agency	Universities Funding Council, Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (1988–92);
Dissolved	2018
Superseding agency	Office for Students (OfS) and United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI);
Type	Non-departmental public body
Jurisdiction	England
Headquarters	Nicholson House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SR
Employees	c.260
Annual budget	£3.5 bn (2016–17)
Minister responsible	Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Universities and Science;
Agency executives	Professor Madeleine Atkins CBE, chief executive; Sir Tim Melville-Ross, Chairman;
Parent agency	Department for Education
Website	www.hefce.ac.uk

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom, which was responsible for the distribution of funding for higher education to universities and further education colleges in England since 1992. It ceased to exist as of 1 April 2018, when its duties were divided between the newly created Office for Students and Research England (operating within United Kingdom Research and Innovation).

Most universities are charities and HEFCE (rather than the Charity Commission for England and Wales) was their principal regulator. HEFCE therefore had the duty to promote compliance with charity law by the universities for which it was responsible.

^ "Higher Education and Research Bill". gov.uk. Department for Education. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "HEFCE Annual report and accounts 2016-17". Retrieved 23 November 2017.

[hera-1] "Higher Education and Research Bill". gov.uk. Department for Education. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[2] "HEFCE Annual report and accounts 2016-17". Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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