Useful Links on HE Management
In this section we show some of the web sites that we think managers and
policy makers in higher education will find useful. They are divided into
the following categories:
Institutional
policies and Good Practice
Advice for University Governors and Council Members
Sites of Ministries of Education or Funding Bodies
Sites of the Bodies Representing Universities
Professional Associations of University Managers
This selection does not claim to be comprehensive, merely a listing of sites
that we have found interesting and valuable.
The Policy
Index of the ACU can be found on the Home page of the Association of
Commonwealth Universities at www.acu.ac.uk
. It lists over 1,200 policies covering a very wide range of administrative
and policy topics in finance, estates, human resources, student affairs etc.
The site leads one direct to a selection of web sites of universities where
the policies are described.
Good
Management Practice programme of the English Higher Education Funding
Council has financed a wide range of projects since 1998. The HEFCE site at
www.gmp.ac.uk describes these under "Good
Practice" on the home page.
The Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO)
organises annual quality and productivity awards for good management. Each
year the Award winners are described on the CAUBO site at
www.caubo.ca/awards/index_e.cfm These cover practices in
fund raising, estates, financial management etc.
ARMED is a site funded by the HEFCE Good Management Practice
programme that presents legal advice on various issues relating to academic
staff and students. See
http://armed.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/publications.html
The World
Bank’s Tertiary Education website at
www.worldbank.org/education/tertiary has a section devoted to Resources
on which some useful materials are available,
principally at system level,
analysed both by topic and by
region of the world.
Global University
Network for Innovation
supported by
UNESCO has an Observatory on good university practices. At present it
covers two areas – financing and social commitment. The site is at
www.guni-rmies.net/info
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The Association of Governing Bodies (AGB) in the
United States is the main source of advice for College and
University Trustees. Their site at
www.agb.org provides papers
and reports commissioned by them on issues such as Trustee
Liability and good governance.
A different approach was taken in the UK where the HEFCE
Good Management Practice programme (see earlier) commissioned
the creation of a web site of practical advice for new governors.
This can be found at
www.hegovernance.ac.uk
Although this is very heavily based on UK practice and funding
council regulations, it does illustrate the kinds of issues that
governors must be aware of.
Another UK initiative is the Guide
for Members of Higher Education Governing Bodies of Universities and
Colleges in the UK. This was revised in 2004 and was published
by the Committee of University Chairmen on their web site at
www.shef.ac.uk/cuc/pubs.html
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Australia
Department of Education, Science and Training at
www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/
England
The Ministry of Education is the Department for Education and
Skills (DfES) and its materials for HE are at
www.dfes.gov.uk/highereducation
The English Funding body is the Higher Education
Funding Council for England (HEFCE) at
www.hefce.ac.uk
Hong Kong
The University Grants Committee is the funding body with
a site at www.ugc.edu.hk
India
The Funding Body is the
University Grants Commission with
a site at www.ugc.ac.in/index.htm
New Zealand
The Ministry of Education is
www.minedu.govt.nz and
all the papers for tertiary education are found in the
section headed 'Tertiary'.
The Funding Body
are found in the section headed
Tertiary Education Commission at
www.tec.govt.nz
Pakistan
The buffer body
in Pakistan is called the Higher Education Commission and has
embarked on a major programme of reforms which are described at
www.hec.gov.pk
Scotland
The funding
body is the Scottish Funding Council which oversees
universities and further education colleges. Its web site is at
www.sfc.ac.uk
South Africa
The
Department of Education funds universities directly. Its web
site is at
www.education.gov.za and materials relating to
universities are under “Documents” in a higher education
section.
The
Council on Higher Education is a statutory body that advises the
Minister and has under its control the Higher Education Quality
Council. For details see
www.che.ac.za
Wales
The Ministry of Education is called
Education and Learning Wales (ELWa) at
www.elwa.ac.uk and this houses the materials of
HEFCW. The
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales is at
www.hefcw.ac.uk/index.htm
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Australia
Australian
Vice-Chancellors Committee www.avcc.edu.au
Canada
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
www.aucc.ca
India
Association of Indian Universities
www.aiuweb.org
New Zealand
New
Zealand Vice-Chancellors Association www.nzvcc.ac.nz
South Africa
Higher
Education South Africa is the name of the new organisation
representing the merged university and technikon sectors. Its web
site is at
www.hesa.org.za
United Kingdom
Universities UK
www.universitiesUK.ac.uk
United States
American
Council on Education www.acenet.edu
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General
Association for Tertiary Education Managers Inc. (Australia/New Zealand)
has papers and research outputs at www.atem.org.au
The Association of University Administrators (AUA) in the UK is
the body for all generalist professional administrators. Its site is
www.aua.ac.uk
Planning
Society of College and University Planners (SCUP)
www.scup.org
Finance
British University Finance Directors Group (BUFDG)
http://bufdg.ac.uk
This site shows
how to access the detailed financial accounts of many UK universities.
National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
www.nacubo.org
Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO)
www.caubo.ca
Property
Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE)
www.aude.ac.uk This links to the
useful annual statistical survey of space and building costs in the
UK at www.heestates.ac.uk
ICT
Universities and College Information Systems Association (UCISA)
www.ucisa.ac.uk This site holds
the results of annual surveys carried out of costs and provision of
ICT in UK universities, but only a limited set is publicly
available.
Although it
is not run by an association the annual US Campus Computing Survey
is a very detailed survey of the state of provision and expenditure in a
selection of US colleges. It is at www.campuscomputing.net
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