Within England, the research block grant for higher education institutions is allocated and distributed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
The following table sets out HEFCE research funding in 2007-08. The data are available in HEFCE publication 2007/32 ‘Recurrent grants for 2007:08—Final Allocations’.
HEFCE research funding for 2007-08 Universities Anglia Ruskin University 0.7 Aston University 7.0 University of Bath 18.1 Bath Spa University 0.4 University of Bedfordshire 0.5 Birkbeck College 9.8 University of Birmingham 43.0 Birmingham City University 0.9 University of Bolton 0.3 Bournemouth University 0.8 University of Bradford 6.9 University of Brighton 4.9 University of Bristol 43.2 Brunei University 8.6 Buckinghamshire New University 0.7 University of Cambridge 107.1 Canterbury Christ Church University 0.1 University of Central Lancashire 1.5 University of Chester 0.3 University of Chichester 0.3 City University, London 6.5 Coventry University 1.1 University of Cumbria 0.3 De Montfort University 4.6 University of Derby 0.3 University of Durham 23.7 University of East Anglia 16.0 University of East London 1.6 Edge Hill University 0.0 University of Essex 11.0 University of Exeter 14.2 University of Gloucestershire 0.9 Goldsmiths College, University of London 8.5 University of Greenwich 1.7 University of Hertfordshire 2.9 University of Huddersfield 1.6 University of Hull 6.4 Imperial College London 91.8 Keele University 6.8 University of Kent 8.0 King's College London 58.4 Kingston University 1.3 Lancaster University 17.8 University of Leeds 47.2 Leeds Metropolitan University 1.1 University of Leicester 18.4 University of Lincoln 0.3 University of Liverpool 30.2 Liverpool Hope University 0.1 Liverpool John Moores University 3.1 London Metropolitan University 0.8 London South Bank University 1.5 Loughborough University 15.6 University of Manchester 77.0 Manchester Metropolitan University 3.6 Middlesex University 2.0 University of Newcastle upon Tyne 32.9 University of Northampton 0.4 University of Northumbria at Newcastle 1.4 University of Nottingham 39.7 Nottingham Trent University 2.9 Open University 7.9 University of Oxford 104.2 Oxford Brookes University 2.7 University of Plymouth 3.8 University of Portsmouth 4.5 Queen Mary, University of London 24.2 University of Reading 22.8 Roehampton University 1.2 Royal Holloway, University of London 14.3 University of Salford 8.6 University of Sheffield 43.9 Sheffield Hallam University 3.9 University of Southampton 46.5 Southampton Solent University 0.1 Staffordshire University 0.8 University of Sunderland 1.1 University of Surrey 18.0 University of Sussex 17.9 University of Teesside 0.5 Thames Valley University 0.1 University College London 101.3 University of Warwick 30.6 University of the West of England, Bristol 2.7 University of Westminster 2.2 University of Winchester 0.5 University of Wolverhampton 0.7 University of Worcester 0.1 University of York 23.4 York St John University 0.1 Specialist institutions and general colleges Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies 0.0 Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln 0.0 Arts Institute at Bournemouth 0.0 Institute of Cancer Research 16.2 Central School of Speech and Drama 0.0 Courtauld Institute of Art 1.3 Cranfield University 9.6 University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone, Rochester 0.6 Conservatoire for Dance and Drama 0.0 Dartington College of Arts 0.3 Institute of Education 8.5 University College Falmouth 0.2 Guildhall School of Music and Drama 0.0 Harper Adams University College 0.1 Heythrop College 0.0 Leeds College of Music 0.0 Leeds Trinity and All Saints 0.0 Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 0.0 University of the Arts London 9.7 University of London 0.4 London Business School 4.7 London School of Economics and Political Science 18.1 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 10.4 Newman College of Higher Education 0.0 Norwich School of Art and Design 0.2 School of Oriental and African Studies 6.8 School of Pharmacy 3.0 University College Plymouth St. Mark and St. John 0.0 Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication 0.0 RCN Institute 0.0 Rose Bruford College 0.0 Royal Academy of Music 0.3 Royal Agricultural College 0.0 Royal College of Art 2.8 Royal College of Music 0.4 Royal Northern College of Music 0.2 Royal Veterinary College 4.6 St. George's Hospital Medical School 7.5 St. Mary's University College 0.1 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 0.0 Writtle College 0.0 England total 1,413.0
The Government issue strategic direction from time to time to the Funding Council on the objectives to be achieved through its funding of institutions. We do this most notably in the annual grant letter to the Council determining priorities for the year ahead.