Academic year 2020/21
Although it was agreed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May 2017 that the cost of membership for each year thereafter would be pegged to inflation (for 2019/20 this was 3.1%) and rounded to the nearest £25, at the 2020 AGM on 14th July 2020, due to the situation with covid-19, it was agreed that the fee bands for 2020/21 would be frozen (so kept the same as 2019/20 for Band 1-6). In addition, a Band 0 would be introduced for all institutions (existing or new) that have less than 10 academic staff. From 2021/22 the inflation increase will resume.
For corporate or professional institution membership categories, please contact us for a discussion.
UK higher education institutions – see table below.
| Staff numbers greater than or equal to | But less than | 2020/21 rate (£) |
| 0 | 10 | 200 |
| 10 | 40 | 575 |
| 40 | 80 | 1,100 |
| 80 | 120 | 1,675 |
| 120 | 160 | 2,250 |
| 160 | 200 | 2,775 |
| 200 | 3,350 |
Method of calculation of staff numbers for university membership category
Given that universities have to submit a staff return officially to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) each year, we use these data to both save our members a task and to ensure that our charging structure is consistently applied. 2019/20 rates will be based on the latest available data which is for academic year 2017/18. The staff definition we plan to use is as follows:
Academic Professional FTE with an open-ended or permanent contract (teaching only or teaching plus research) in cost centres: (115) General engineering, (116) Chemical engineering, (117) Mineral, metallurgy & materials engineering, (118) Civil engineering, (119) Electrical, electronic & computer engineering and (120) Mechanical, aero & production engineering.
If however, you have reason to believe that this method will result in incorrect calculation of your subscription banding, please contact us and we will discuss adjustment.
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