Last month the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council announced allocations of £616 million to higher education institutions for the coming academic year - the University of Dundee receiving an above average share, the third highest percentage increase in the sector.
Well above average Vice-Principal, Professor David Swinfen commented: "We are pleased to note the allocation to the University of Dundee is up 2.9% which compares well with an average 2% increase across the board. The rise represents an increase of £1.3million. By far the lion's share - £1m of that rise is due to an increase in the teaching grants - due to increases in funded student numbers - particularly in medicine, dentistry and on part time courses. But it is good to see a continuing healthy rise now well over the £10m mark in the research allocation which is based on excellence in research performance." He noted however that while welcoming the above average increase for the University of Dundee, taking into account inflation in the sector, the allocations still represent another overall reduction in finance in real terms and the University will in consequence have to continue to find savings.
The table (below) shows a comparison of resource allocation for higher education institutions across Scotland.
Institution
Resources for 2000-01
Total Resources for:
Total Grants for Teaching*
Tuition fees associated with Funded Student Places
RAE-based Grant for Research
1999-2000
2000-01
Percentage change
£
£
£
£
£
£
Aberdeen, University of
34,868,000
10,204,000
8,592,000
52,736,000
53,664,000
1.8%
Abertay Dundee, University of
12,984,000
3,980,000
335,000
17,083,000
17,299,000
1.3%
Dundee, University of
29,334,000
7,528,000
10,380,000
45,902,000
47,242,000
2.9%
Edinburgh College of Art
5,488,000
1,705,000
492,000
7,600,000
7,685,000
1.1%
Edinburgh, University of
64,146,000
18,702,000
34,609,000
115,830,000
117,457,000
1.4%
Glasgow Caledonian University
35,926,000
10,540,000
1,008,000
46,418,000
47,474,000
2.3%
Glasgow School of Art
6,042,000
1,468,000
351,000
7,766,000
7,861,000
1.2%
Glasgow, University of
67,312,000
17,813,000
22,185,000
105,283,000
107,310,000
1.9%
Heriot-Watt University
19,919,000
6,026,000
5,341,000
30,434,000
31,286,000
2.8%
Napier University
29,957,000
9,347,000
917,000
38,854,000
40,221,000
3.5%
Northern College of Education
6,037,000
1,395,000
-
7,263,000
7,432,000
2.3%
Paisley, University of
22,548,000
6,797,000
229,000
28,891,000
29,574,000
2.4%
Queen Margaret University College
9,302,000
2,287,000
489,000
11,875,000
12,078,000
1.7%
Robert Gordon University
23,591,000
6,553,000
943,000
30,741,000
31,087,000
1.1%
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
4,103,000
703,000
-
4,582,000
4,806,000
4.9%
St Andrews, University of
16,264,000
5,509,000
7,434,000
28,640,000
29,207,000
2.0%
Stirling, University of
16,985,000
6,152,000
4,652,000
27,127,000
27,789,000
2.4%
Strathclyde, University of
47,926,000
14,468,000
13,826,000
75,270,000
76,220,000
1.3%
Total
452,732,000
131,177,000
111,783,000
682,295,000
695,692,000
2.0%
* Includes Main Teaching Grant, Part-time Incentive Grant, Collaborative Courses Grant and Specialist Institution Supplementary Grant.
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