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1994 Group


Formation 1994
Type Association of UK universities
Location United Kingdom
Membership 19
Chair of the Board Professor Steve Smith
Key people Executive Director:
Paul M. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Steve Smith, AcSS, (born February 1952 is a prominent International relations theorist Professor, and senior University manager Marshall
Website http://www.1994group.ac.uk/

The 1994 Group is a coalition of 'smaller research-intensive universities' founded to defend their interests after the larger research-intensive universities founded the Russell Group. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The Russell Group is a collaboration of twenty UK universities that receive two-thirds of universities' research grant and contract funding in the United Kingdom 1994 Group members describe themselves as "internationally recognised universities in Britain, who share common aims, standards and values. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects " The group aims to provide "a framework for collaboration between research-intensive universities in the UK. "[1]

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1994 Group motto

'Established to promote excellence in research and teaching. To enhance student and staff experience within our universities and to set the agenda for higher education'. [2]

Overview

According to the 'Patterns 3' report by Universities UK, "The Russell Group and the 1994 Group share many features, but are distinguished chiefly by the fact that most members of the Russell Group have medical schools, and an emphasis on science and technology. Universities UK began life as the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (CVCP in the nineteenth century when there were informal Within the Russell Group a small number of institutions are outliers on the basis of the statistical information available, and if these were excluded from the analysis, the Russell Group and the 1994 Group would show very similar characteristics. " It should be noted that several of the 1994 Group institutions also have medical schools and an emphasis on science and technology, so this is not a clear distinguishing feature of the Russell group.

There is currently one common member of the Russell Group and the 1994 Group - the University of Warwick. The University of Warwick is a British Campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England and is In terms of research funding, this is one of the two smallest English institutions in the Russell Group (HEFCE Research Funding allocations, 2004/5). The Higher Education Funding Council for England ( HEFCE) is a Non-departmental public body of the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills (previously Warwick is the largest of the 1994 institutions by this measure and represents the overlap point between the two groups. It comes in 15th overall with respect to its size and is joined in the top 20 English institutions (by this measure) by fellow 1994 Group institutions Durham, York, Reading, Surrey and Queen Mary, University of London.

On the 1 August 2006 Leicester, Loughborough, SOAS and Queen Mary, University of London were admitted to the 1994 Group. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. However, the 1994 Groups should not be seen solely as being defined by comparison with the Russell Group. While this was the driving force behind its formation, it has spread into other activities such as the Dangoor Scholarships - 1000 scholarships of 1000 pounds each funded by Naim Dangoor and available for students starting university in 2005/6.

Aims

The 1994 groups aims are:

Further to these aims the group has a set of shared values; that maintaining traditions and cutting-edge research are not mutually exclusive; internationally recognised universities ought to have a role and contribute on all scales; high quality research should be supported with high quality teaching and all students and staff from any background should be able to develop in a conducive atmosphere and environment that maximises their potential. A policy is a deliberate plan of action to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome(s The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem acc of traditio which means "a giving up delivering up surrendering" and is used in a number of

Members

Institution Location Established Gained university status Vice-chancellor Total Number of Students Website
University of Bath Bath 1966 1966 Professor Glynis Breakwell 14,795 [2]
Birkbeck, University of London London 1823 1920 Professor David S Latchman 19,020 [3]
Durham University Durham 1832 1832 Professor Chris Higgins 17,320 [4]
University of East Anglia Norwich 1963 1963 Professor Bill MacMillan 19,585 [5]
University of Essex Colchester 1964 1964 Professor Colin Riordan 10,290 [6]
University of Exeter Exeter 1855 1955 Professor Steve Smith 14,630 [7]
Goldsmiths, University of London London 1891 1904 Professor Geoffrey Crossick 7,615 [8]
Lancaster University Lancaster 1964 1964 Professor Paul Wellings 17,615 [9]
University of Leicester Leicester 1921 1957 Professor Robert Burgess 16,160 [10]
Loughborough University Loughborough 1909 1966 Professor Shirley Pearce 17,825 [11]
Queen Mary, University of London London 1885 1907 Professor AFM Smith 11,625 [12]
University of Reading Reading 1892 1926 Professor Gordon Marshall 14,090 [13]
Royal Holloway, University of London Egham 1849 1900 Professor Stephen Hill 7,620 [14]
School of Oriental and African Studies London 1916 1916 Professor Paul Webley 4,525 [15]
University of St Andrews St Andrews 1413 1413 Dr Brian Lang 6,808 [16]
University of Surrey Guildford 1891 1966 Professor Christopher M. The University of Bath is a Campus university located in Bath, England. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. Professor Glynis M Breakwell PhD DSc LLD(Hon CPsychol FBPsS FRSA AcSS is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath in Bath, Birkbeck University of London, sometimes referred to by its former (and still legal name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a constituent college London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Durham University is a University in Durham, England. It was founded as the University of Durham (which remains its official and legal name Durham (ˈdʌrəm in RP, locally ˈdʏrəm is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham, England Chris Higgins (born 1955) is since April 2007 the Vice-Chancellor of Durham University. The University of East Anglia is a campus-based University located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963 History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund Bill Macmillan, born 1950 is Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. The University of Essex is a British Campus university located near the town of Colchester, England Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England. The University of Exeter (usually abbreviated as Exon for post-nominals) is a University in the South West of Exeter ( (IPA ˈeksɪtər is a city, district and County town of Devon, England. Steve Smith, AcSS, (born February 1952 is a prominent International relations theorist Professor, and senior University manager For the Memphis department store see Goldsmith's. For other uses of the term "Goldsmiths" see Goldsmith (disambiguation. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Lancaster University (officially " The University of Lancaster " is a British University in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster (pronounced ˈlæŋˌkæstə or ˈlænˌkæstə is a City in Lancashire, England. The University of Leicester is a research led university based in Leicester, England, with approximately 19000 registered students - about 12000 of them full-time Leicester (ˈlɛstə is the largest city and Unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional Loughborough University is a Campus university located in the Market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands Loughborough (pronounced locally as either /lɘfbɘɹɘ/ "LUFF-burra" /lɘf Professor Shirley Pearce CBE BA MPhil PhD is Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, a position she has held since January 2006 Queen Mary University of London (known as Queen Mary and Westfield College until 2000 and still officially named as such in its charter Queen Mary incorporates several London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith FRS is a distinguished British statistician and Principal of Queen Mary University of London. The University of Reading is a University in the English town of Reading Berkshire Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Gordon Marshall CBE, FBA is a sociologist and the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Reading in England. Royal Holloway University of London ( RHUL) is a constituent college of the University of London. Egham is a small town in the Runnymede borough of Surrey, in the south-east of England. The School of Oriental and African Studies (commonly abbreviated to " SOAS " pronounced (so as or (so az is a constituent college of the University of London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The University of St Andrews is the oldest University in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between St Andrews (Cill Rìmhinn is a Town and former Royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. Brian Andrew Lang, FRSE, is Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews. The University of Surrey is a University located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the Snowden 15,935 [17]
University of Sussex Falmer 1961 1961 Professor Michael Farthing 12,415 [18]
University of Warwick* Coventry 1965 1965 Professor Nigel Thrift 30,380 [19]
University of York York 1963 1963 Professor Brian Cantor 12,625 [20]
Note: * Also a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The University of Sussex is a British Campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is from Brighton Falmer is a small Village and Civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England, lying between Brighton and The University of Warwick is a British Campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England and is Coventry ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in the County of West Midlands in England. Professor Nigel John Thrift is the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Warwick and a leading academic in the field of Human geography. The University of York is a Campus university in the city of York, England. York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. Professor Brian Cantor has been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of York since 2002 and is acknowledged as a world authority on materials manufacturing

Former Members

The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), which merged with the Victoria University of Manchester to form the University of Manchester, was a member of the 1994 Group until October 2004. The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology ( UMIST) was a University based in the centre of the City of Manchester The Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester) was a University in Manchester, England. The University of Manchester is a " red brick " civic University located in Manchester, England. The London School of Economics was also a member until 2006. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the Both institutions are now members of the Russell Group.

Governance and Management Structure

The 1994 Group is headed by a Board made up of the heads of member institutions. The Board meets formally on four occasions each year. In addition, an annual residential conference takes place in the summer where longer-term strategic issues are discussed.

The Board has responsibility for determining strategy and has ultimate responsibility for all activity including the overall Communications Strategy, as well as determining the development of Group policy and agreeing all policy papers, positioning statements and consultation responses, and responsibility for the governance of all joint activity. Board members are key to the development and delivery of Group policy. Without their support, the Group is unable to function.

Chair

The Chair is elected by Board members for a three-year term of office. Professor Steve Smith, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, is Chair until August 2009.

The Chair is the national spokesperson for the Group and represents its interests where a senior representative of the Group is required. The Chair has overall responsibility for the development and delivery of the Communication Strategy on behalf of the Board. In this role, the Chair regularly meets with representatives of all key stakeholders bodies in a formal and informal capacity.

Advisory Group

The Chair is assisted in undertaking their duties by a Chair’s Advisory Group (CAG) elected from the Board for a three year period of office (initial membership was staggered to ensure a rolling change of membership). The CAG meets on four occasions each year. Current CAG members (and terms of office) are as follows:

CAG members have a general brief for assisting the Chair in the development of all areas of Group policy (including management of the relationship with the Policy Groups).

The CAG has a central role in the development of relationships with Government, Funding Bodies, and HE Stakeholder Organisations. In addition, CAG members are available to speak to the media on behalf of the Group if the Chair is unavailable.

Policy Groups

Below Board level, the Group has established three policy groups at Pro-Vice-Chancellor level: Research and Enterprise (Chaired by Professor Dianne Berry, Reading); Student Experience (Chaired by Professor Janice Kay, Exeter); and Strategic Planning and Resources (Chaired by Professor Tony Downes, Reading). The Chairs of the Policy Groups are elected on a three-year term of office from amongst the members of the Groups.

The Policy Groups provide an essential avenue via which the group can strengthen inter-institutional activity and provide forum for the development of longer term policy positions and consultation responses. To guide their work, each Policy Group has an agreed work-plan with the Board setting out the issues for its consideration over the forthcoming academic year. The Chairs of the Policy Groups maintain regular contact with the Chair and are invited to attend meetings of the Board or the CAG when appropriate.

The Policy Groups are central to the successful implementation of the Communication Strategy as they provide the meat to hang from the Group’s bones. They provide a way for the Group to develop relationships with internal stakeholders and a mechanism for engagement with Government, Funding Bodies and other HE Stakeholder organisations. [3]

Officer level groups

In addition to the formal governance structure set out above, there are a number of other informal networking groups operating below Board level (for example, Registrars, Planning Directors, HR Directors, Librarians, and Student’s Union Presidents known as 'Unions94'). These receive no direct support from the central organisation, but exist because their members believe there is added value to be achieved by the exchange and development of best practice at Group level.

These informal networking groups play an important role in promoting the Group brand to internal stakeholders and provide important routes through which the Board or Policy Groups might test emerging policy, positioning statements or joint responses. [4]

1994 Group Administration

The 1994 Group Administration is currently located in the Gray’s Inn Road Business Centre, WC1X. In addition to the staff offices, the building provides flexible facilities for Board, CAG, Policy Group, or large stakeholder meetings as well as smaller rooms for meetings with individual stakeholders. The Administration is made up of the following members of staff: [5]

Executive Director

The Executive Director, Paul M. Marshall, is the head of the 1994 Group Administration.

The Executive Director has central responsibility for co-ordinating all levels of Group activity and provides senior secretarial support to the Board and the CAG.

Working alongside the Chair, the Executive Director is the central point of contact between the Group and the external world and has a primary responsibility for promoting the Group to external stakeholders.

The Executive Director is ultimately responsible for the development the Group’s external profile including press co-ordination drafting and updating publicity materials and the maintenance and development of the Group website.

Director of Internal Policy Development

In recognition of the Executive Director’s primarily role in promoting the Group brand to external stakeholders, there is a Director, Mr Tom Norton, who has primary responsibility for the promotion and development of internal Group activity.

The Director plays a central role in the management of the Group, providing cover for the Executive Director in his absence due to travel, leave or illness.

The Director has a specific remit to work with the Policy Groups in drafting policy papers, preparing position papers and collective responses to consultation exercises, and for organisation of the Group’s Annual Conference.

Director of Organisational Development Activity

The Director of Organisational Development Activity, Sophie Lovejoy, manages the Group's collaborative organisational development activity and acts as a bridge between the Group and various stakeholders in this area.

The 1994 Group is committed to the sharing of good practice to enhance both the staff and student experience. In support of this, the Group offers a range of collaborative staff and organisational development activities.

Administrative Assistant (Graduate Intern)

The Administrative Assistant (Graduate Intern)assists the Executive Director and Director of Internal Policy Development with their duties.

The Administrative Assistant role is a wide ranging position which supports the work of the Directors, the Board, and the Policy Groups, and in particular supports the organisation of Group meetings and the annual conference, and the production of policy papers and press and publicity material.

1994 Group position in League Tables

National Student Survey (NSS) 2006-2007

The 2007 NSS results have placed the 1994 Group, for the third year running, as the leading group of universities. The Group’s overall satisfaction score (4. 18) is significantly higher then the average for the HE sector as a whole (4. 03). Member institutions are all rated above average in each of the six categories in the survey, achieving an average of 3. 96, compared with 3. 87 for the sector. [6]

The Mayfield League Table and The Times Good University Guide 2008

1994 Group member institutions have a consistent record of the highest levels of achievement in research and in the delivery of the student experience. This record is demonstrated by the publication of the first Mayfield League Table and in the Times Good University Guide 2008.

In the national Mayfield tables, four of the 1994 Group members achieved top ten positions and ten were placed within the top twenty. This excellent performance was mirrored in the regional tables, where 1994 Group institutions achieved first position in four regions and second position in a further four regions. [7]

In the Times Good University Guide 2008, three 1994 Group institutions achieved top ten positions, and nine were placed within the top twenty. [8] edf

Current work

1994 Group ‘Enhancing the Student Experience’ Project

The 1994 Group’s Student Experience Policy Group has been working on its ‘Enhancing the Student Experience’ project since Summer 2006. The ongoing project aims to identify the key issues surrounding student experience in the HE sector, to begin defining the 1994 Group’s own position in this context, and to identify potential areas for research and activity in the future. [9][10]

The ‘Enhancing the Student Experience’ Policy report [11] [12] [13] , launched on 28th November 2007, concludes that there are seven priority areas for the Higher Education sector to take forward in order to meet the challenges of a changing environment of student experiences and expectation. These seven priority areas are:

1. A requirement to provide transparent and accurate information around the student experience

2. Towards the 2020 Workforce: Promoting the well-rounded graduate

3. Promoting the student voice

4. Engagement with schools and colleges

5. Student-focused resources

6. International strategy and internationalisation

7. Excellence and enhancement in teaching and learning

The 1994 Group has made a commitment to address these challenges and will monitor their impact as the sector takes them forward. As part of this process, the Group will undertake a similar review in 2012. This will determine the impact of the recommendations set out in the 2007 policy report.

'HE Engagement with 14-19 reforms’

In 2007, the 1994 Group undertook a research project, co-funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the 1994 Group, into the impact on research-intensive universities of three aspects of the government’s current reforms to 14-19 education

The report (view the report: [14]) , titled, ‘New Foundations, Enduring Values: Undergraduate Education, Research-intensive Universities and the Government’s Reforms of 14-19 Education in England’ was published on 23 January 2008. The research found that 62% of admissions tutors in relevant undergraduate areas felt it was very likely, quite likely or possible that they would be admitting Advanced Diploma students to undergraduate courses from 2010. Among 1994 Group universities working closely with 14- 19 projects in their own localities are Lancaster, Loughborough and York (view 1994 Group Press Release[15]) [16][17] [18]

Press Coverage:

See also

UK University Organisations

Types of UK university

International Groups of Universities

External links

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ 1994 group
  3. ^ 1994 group - policy groups
  4. ^ 1994 group - officer level groups
  5. ^ 1994 group - about us
  6. ^ HEFCE : Learning & teaching : National Student Survey : Data
  7. ^ http://www.thegooduniversityguide.org.uk/league_static.php?auth=1&startNum=1&endNum=12&order_by=rank]
  8. ^ Good University Guide | University League Tables | University Rankings - Times Online
  9. ^ http://www.1994group.ac.uk/newsletters/1007newsletter.pdf
  10. ^ Neil Stewart Associates
  11. ^ Students\’ extra-curricular activities count – 1994 Group
  12. ^ http://www.1994group.ac.uk/documents/public/SEPolicyStatement.pdf
  13. ^ http://www.1994group.ac.uk/documents/public/SEPolicyReport.pdf
  14. ^ http://www.1994group.ac.uk/documents/public/NewFoundationsEnduringValues
  15. ^ http://www.1994group.ac.uk/230108.php. This is a list of Universities in the United Kingdom (alphabetical by substantive name The Russell Group is a collaboration of twenty UK universities that receive two-thirds of universities' research grant and contract funding in the United Kingdom Million+, formerly known as the Campaign for Mainstream Universities (CMU is the working group of 29 British universities incorporated since 1992 and Million+, formerly known as the Campaign for Mainstream Universities (CMU is the working group of 29 British universities incorporated since 1992 and Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable Universitas 21 is an international network of Research -intensive universities, established as an "international reference point and resource for strategic thinking Golden Triangle is a term used to describe a number of leading British research universities based in London, Oxford and Cambridge The N8 Group comprises eight research-intensive Universities in Northern England. The White Rose University Consortium is a partnership among three universities in Yorkshire, England - Leeds, Sheffield, and Ancient university is a term used to describe the medieval and renaissance universities of England, Scotland and Ireland that have The term plate glass university (or plateglass university) has come into use by some to refer to one of the several universities founded in the United Kingdom A campus university is a British term for a University situated on one site - with student accommodation teaching and research facilities and leisure activities The Group of Eight (Go8 is a group of eight Australian tertiary institutions which are the oldest Universities in Australia. Members See also Universities in Australia Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee Australian Technology The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. ]
  16. ^ http://www.1994group.ac.uk/newsletters/1007newsletter.pdf
  17. ^ Times Higher Education - Education news, resources and university jobs for the academic world
  18. ^ BBC NEWS | Education | New Diplomas welcomed
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