The EPC responds to a variety of consultations from Government, the funding councils and other stakeholders, representing the views and interests of all the membership.
The EPC will follow one of four pathways to prepare its consultation response:
- Full consultation
- Representative consultation
- Executive consultation
- No collective response
The EPC Executive will decide which pathway to use depending on the timing and scope of the consultation. You can read EPC Protocol for Consultations here.
Open Consultations
The UK’s HE funding bodies have set out detailed arrangements for REF 2012 and are seeking views from subject communities on the draft Panel criteria publication developed by the REF expert panels.
They are also calling for responses on key aspects of the Guidance on submissions publication, which they have developed with advice from the expert panels, including the equality and diversity, and interdisciplinary research advisory panels.
The EPC is running a full consultation on this important opportunity to provide feedback. A survey is available here.
Recent consultations
| Date | Consultation | Response | Outcomes | |
| July 2018 | Home Affairs Committee Post-Brexit migration policy inquiry |  |
Ordered to be published on 10 July 2018. Available here. | |
| June 2018 | Engineering Council Review of UKSPEC | |
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| May 2018 | Women into Engineering | |
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| May 2018 | The Department for Education consultation on the subject-level Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) | |
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| May 2018 | The Department of Education call for evidence to support a Review of Post-18 Education and Funding | |
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| Feb 2018 | Department for Education consultation on Accelerated degrees: widening student choice in higher education | |
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| Jan 2018 | HEFCE Knowledge Exchange Framework Metrics Technical Advisory Group – initial call for evidence on KEF metrics | |
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| Jan 2018 | Migration Advisory Committee Science budget and Industrial Strategy inquiry call for evidence on International students: economic and social impacts | |
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| Dec 2017 | Securing student success: risk-based regulation for teaching excellence, social mobility and informed choice in higher education | |
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| Oct 2017 | Education Select Committee, Value for Money in HE | |
The House of Commons Education Committee released the written evidence it has received for its inquiry into the value for money of universities, including the EPC’s submission. | |
| Apr 2017 | BEIS, Building our Industrial Strategy Green Paper | |
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| Apr 2017 | HESA, NewDLHE: The future of graduate outcomes data | |
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| Mar 2017 | HEFCE – Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework | |
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| Nov 2016 | Education Committee – The impact of exiting the European Union on higher education inquiry | |
EPC President, Professor Stephanie Haywood, gave evidence to the House of Commons Education Committee on the 11th of January 2017
The EPC received a number of mentions in the final report of the Committee. |
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| Sep 2016 | Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BIS) – Inquiry on industrial strategy | |
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| Aug 2016 | House of Commons Science and Technology Committee – Leaving the EU: Further call for evidence | |
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| Jul 2016 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Accelerated courses and switching university or degree | |
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| Jul 2016 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Teaching Excellence Framework. Technical consultation for year 2 | |
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| Mar 2016 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Review of the Research Excellence Framework | |
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| Mar 2016 | OfQual AS and A Level Electronics consultation on Conditions and Guidance | |
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| Jan 2016 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Higher education: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice | |
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| Jan 2016 | OfQual AS and A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics consultation on Conditions and Guidance | |
Archived
Read the EPC’s submissions to other recent consultations.
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