External reports and studies
We commission other organisations to carry out research or report on an area to inform policy or to provide guidance for the higher education (HE) sector in Wales. Sometimes, we might do this with other organisations such as the other UK funding bodies.
- Research Cost Relativities
- October 2011
- This report, which was commissioned jointly by the four UK higher education funding bodies, outlines a new methodology for calculating the relative costs of undertaking research in different subjects. It uses data provided by the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC). We intend to draw on the outcomes of the study in any review of our research funding method (QR) which we may undertake following the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.
- The Impact of International and EU students in Wales
- April 2011
- This study, by Oxford Economics, looked at the wider long term economic benefits for Wales of international and EU students, and showed the importance of overseas students to Welsh universities, which has been a significant feature of the Assembly Government's strategies for HE through to For our Future.
- Evaluation into the Effectiveness of Links between Higher Education (HE) Institutions and Sector Skills Councils in Wales
- July 2010
- This report provides an analysis of the extent and effectiveness of links between HE institutions and Sector Skills Councils in Wales. It includes examples of good practice and areas in which progress has been made, but also lists the barriers to more effective engagement.
- Graham Evaluation final report
- December 2009
- This report analysed the impact of the Additional Funding for Part-Time Students. The funding was provided to the sector following the publication of the Graham Review 2006, and made available initially for the three year period 2007/08 to 2009/10. Continuation of funding was subject to the outcome of this review.
- Evaluation of HEFCW ’s Third Mission Fund 2004/05 to 2006/07
- October 2009
- This report analysed the impact of HEFCW ’s third mission fund on higher education (HE) institutions in Wales and their key stakeholders, and looked at the extent to which HE institutions in Wales are contributing to economic and social well-being locally, nationally and trans-nationally.
- Executive summary
- Science Research Investment Fund: A review of round 2 and wider benefits
- May 2009
- This was a UK-wide review commissioned by all the funding bodies.
- The Joint Agreement on Child Poverty
- March 2009
- The objective of the Joint Agreement is to demonstrate high level agreement from both the Welsh Assembly Government and other organisations to the shared goal of eradicating child poverty.
- Ethnicity, Gender and Degree Attainment Project
- January 2008
- This report provides an outline of the research and development outcomes under the Ethnicity, Gender and Degree Attainment project, which was undertaken by the Higher Education Academy and Equality Challenge Unit between 2007 and 2008.
- Evaluation of the Research Capacity Development Fund
- September 2006
- An evaluation of one of the Council's earlier research initiatives, the Research Capacity Development Fund.
- Welsh Graduates and their Jobs: Employment and Employability in Wales (summary report)
- August 2006
- During 2005, HEFCW contracted the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) to conduct a study to inform higher education institutions (HEIs) and other key policy-makers in Wales about the Welsh graduate labour market.
- Full report
