HC Deb 23 June 2000 vol 352 cc331-4W
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which universities have received support from the(a) Higher Education Reach Out to Business and Community Fund, (b) the University Challenge Fund and (c) Science Enterprise Challenge Initiative; what is the value of each award; and for what period of time each award has been allocated. [126585]

Mr. Wicks

The following tables provide details of support universities and colleges have received from the(a) Higher Education Reach Out to Business and Community Fund, (b) the University Challenge Fund and (c) Science Enterprise Challenge Initiative.

(a) Higher Education Reach Out to Business and the Community Fund
Institution Total funding allocation(£000) Time period of award
Anglia Polytechnic University 550 2000 to 2003
Aston University 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Bath 1,100 2000 to 2003
Bath Spa University College 275 2000 to 2003
Birkbeck College 466 2000 to 2003
University of Birmingham 1,100 2000 to 2003
Bolton Institute of HE 550 2000 to 2003
Bournemouth University 550 2000 to 2003
University of Bradford 550 2000 to 2003
University of Brighton 550 2000 to 2003
University of Bristol 1,100 2000 to 2003
Brunel University 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Cambridge 1,100 2000 to 2003
Canterbury Christ Church University College 275 2000 to 2003
University of Central England 550 2000 to 2003

(a) Higher Education Reach Out to Business and the Community Fund
Institution Total funding allocation (£000) Time period of award
Central School of Speech and Drama 275 2000 to 2003
City University 550 2000 to 2003
City University—Collaborative 550 2000 to 2003
De Montfort University 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Derby 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Durham 1,008 2000 to 2003
University of East Anglia 550 2000 to 2003
University of East London 550 2000 to 2003
Edge Hill College of HE 275 2000 to 2003
University of Essex 536 2000 to 2003
University of Exeter 1,092 2000 to 2003
Falmouth College of Arts 25 2000
Harper Adams University College 550 2000 to 2003
University of Hertfordshire 1,100 2000 to 2003
Imperial College 1,100 2000 to 2003
Keele University 550 2000 to 2003
Kingston University 550 2000 to 2003
King's College London 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Leeds 1,098 2000 to 2003
University of Leeds—Collaborative 98 2000 to 2002
Leeds Metropolitan University 550 2000 to 2003
University of Leicester 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Lincolnshire and Humberside 550 2000 to 2003
London School of Economics 100 2000
London Guildhall University 550 2000 to 2003
London Guildhall—Collaborative 425 2000 to 2002
Loughborough University 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Manchester 1,100 2000 to 2003
UMIST 1,100 2000 to 2003
Manchester Metropolitan University 1,100 2000 to 2003
Manchester Metropolitan University—Collaborative 550 2000 to 2003
Middlesex University 550 2000 to 2003
University College Northampton 25 2000
University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1,100 2000 to 2003
Newman College—Collaborative 185 2000 to 2003
North Riding College 147 2000 to 2003
University of Nottingham 1,100 2000 to 2003
The Nottingham Trent University 1,100 2000 to 2003
The Open University 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Oxford 1,001 2000 to 2003
Oxford Brookes University 550 2000 to 2003
University of Plymouth 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Portsmouth 550 2000 to 2003
University of Reading 1,100 2000 to 2003
Royal College of Art 275 2000 to 2003
Royal Holloway 480 2000 to 2003
Royal Veterinary College 550 2000 to 2003
College of St. Mark and St. John 275 2000 to 2003
St. Martin's College 275 2000 to 2003
St. Mary's College 147 2000 to 2003
University of Salford 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Sheffield 1,100 2000 to 2003
Sheffield Hallam University 1,093 2000 to 2003
University of Southampton 1,100 2000 to 2003
Southampton Institute 550 2000 to 2003
South Bank University 966 2000 to 2003
Staffordshire University 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Sunderland 550 2000 to 2003
University of Surrey 1,099 2000 to 2003
Surrey Institute of Art and Design 147 2000 to 2003
University of Sussex 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Teesside 550 2000 to 2003
Thames Valley University 550 2000 to 2003
Trinity and All Saints 147 2000 to 2003
University College London 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Warwick 1,005 2000 to 2003
University of Westminster 550 2000 to 2003
University of the West of England 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Wolverhampton 550 2000 to 2003
University College Worcester 275 2000 to 2003
The Queen's University of Belfast 1,100 2000 to 2003
University of Ulster 1,100 2000 to 2003
Total 62,353

A second round of proposals to the Higher Education Reach Out to Business and the Community Fund were

(b) University Challenge Fund
£ million
University of Leeds/University of Sheffield/University of York1 4.5
University of Manchester/UMIST 4.5
University of Bath/University of Bristol 3.75
University of Birmingham/University of Warwick 3.0
University of Cambridge/The Babraham Institute 3.0
University of Cardiff/University of Wales College of Medicine 3.0
Imperial College, London 3.0
King's College London/Queen Mary and Westfield College London 3.0
London Business School/King's College London/Queen Mary and Westfield College/University College London University of Oxford 3.0
University of Strathclyde/University of Glasgow 3.0
University College London/Institute of Cancer Research/Cancer Research Campaign Technologies Ltd./School of Pharmacy London/Imperial Cancer Research Fund/Royal Veterinary College 3.0
University of Edinburgh/The Moredun Foundation/The Roslin Biotechnology Centre/The UK Astronomy Technology Centre of PPARC/Edinburgh Station of the British Geological Survey 2.25
Queen's University Belfast/University of Ulster 2.0
University of Aberystwyth/The Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) 1.0
Total 45.0
1 White Rose Consortium

Details of how the University Challenge Fund operates are set out in "The University Challenge Fund Guidelines 1998–99", a copy of which is in the House Library.

My noble Friend Lord Sainsbury of Turville announced on 10 March 1999 that there will be a second University Challenge competition in due course.

(c) Science Enterprise Challenge Initiative
£ million Time period of award
Bristol 2.6 1999–2004
Cambridge1 2.9 1999–2004
Glasgow 4.0 1999–2004
Imperial College of Science and Technology 2.0 1999–2004
London Business School 4.6 1999–2004
UMIST 3.2 1999–2004
Nottingham 2.5 1999–2004
Sheffield 2.9 1999–2004
Total 24.7
1 Cambridge will have an enterprise centre, but funded out of the money made available for the Cambridge-MIT Institute, not out of Science Enterprise Challenge money.

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what criteria are used to assess the success of the Higher Education Reach Out to Business & Community Fund awards. [126586]

Mr. Wicks

The Higher Education Reach Out to Business and the Community Fund is a new fund. The first activities supported under the fund started in January this year. Annex B of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's invitation to bid (HEFCE Circular 99/40) provided details of the monitoring and evaluation arrangements. This document is available in the Library and on the Council's website. invited in February 2000, the results of which are due to be announced in July 2000.