E-mail lists

HEFCE uses several e-mail lists to send messages to higher education institutions (HEIs) and anyone else with an interest in higher education. Follow the JISCmail links below to subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) these lists:

admin-hefce - our main list for HEIs, further education colleges and other stakeholders, which includes alerts about our press releases and recently published documents (average 8 mailings a month)
Subscribe to admin-hefce
charityreg-hefce - updates on HEFCE's role as principal regulator of those HEIs that are exempt charities (average 2 mailings a month)
Subscribe to charityreg-hefce
ref-news - news and notifications about the Research Excellence Framework (average 1 mailing a month)
Subscribe to ref-news
Regulatory partnership bulletin - a bulletin providing updates on the development of the regulatory partnership for English higher education (average 2 mailings a month)
Subscribe to the regulatory partnership bulletin
Specific course designation list - updates on developments in the specific course designation process for alternative providers of higher education (average 1 mailing a month)
Subscribe to the specific-course-designation list

Monthly e-newsletters

update-hefce - a monthly round-up of HEFCE news, publications and web updates
Subscribe to update-hefce
Subscribe to plain text version
governance-hefce - a monthly bulletin aimed at governors of HEIs
Subscribe to governance-hefce

Archives of e-mail lists and e-newsletters

E-newsletters and messages published to our e-mail lists can be accessed at the links below.

Numbered electronic publications

Up until 2011 some HEFCE announcements were made via numbered electronic publications, sent to admin-hefce. View the index of numbered electronic publications.