[okfn-discuss] JISC funding frozen

Thu Jan 7 11:10:04 UTC 2010

For anyone who hasn't seen this yet...

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From: Malcolm READ [7230] <M.Read at jisc.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: JISC Capital Programme: important announcement
To: JISC-ANNOUNCE at jiscmail.ac.uk

The recent grant letter from the Department for Business, Innovation
and Skills (BIS) to HEFCE means that HEFCE are having to give careful
consideration as to how funding reductions arising from the grant
letter will be passed on to institutions.

In the light of the grant letter, HEFCE have asked that JISC make no
further commitments of capital funds ahead of the HEFCE Board meeting
on 28 January at which decisions on funding allocations will be made.
With this in mind, JISC is ‘freezing’ all current capitally-funded
calls and ITTs, and will regrettably not be issuing any new calls or
ITTs, until the funding situation is clearer.

Malcolm Read

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