# Research underway into giving to higher education organisations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/05/10/research-underway-giving-higher-education-organisations/
- Published: 2012-05-10T07:05:34+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council for England) is undertaking a [Review of Philanthropic Support for Higher Education](http://www.morepartnership.com/news/hefcereview)
throughout the UK.

The review will look at the current state of philanthropic support and attempt to
address challenges for the next decade. The review is led by a board chaired by 
Professor Shirley Pearce, Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University. Board members
include Martin Williams, Director of Higher Education Policy, Department of Business,
Innovation and Skills; Nick Blinco, Director of Development and Alumni Relations
at the University of Birmingham; Sir Rick Trainor, Principal of King’s College London;
and Rory Brooks of MML Capital Partners LLP.

The research follows on from the 2004 Thomas Report on [Increasing Voluntary Giving to Higher Education](http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/corporate/migratedd/publications/i/increasingvoluntarygivingreport.pdf),
chaired by Eric Thomas, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol.

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HEFCE have commissioned Dundee-based fundraising consultants More Partnership to
support the review. They are seeking contributions from as wide a variety of sources
as possible.

“Please do not think of this consultation as a questionnaire where every question
has to be completed” they suggest. “Think of it instead as a menu of questions from
which you can choose to answer just a few, or all if you prefer.”

The closing date for receipt of submissions in the public consultation phase is 
7 June 2012.

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