HEFCE is announcing three dedicated calls for bids to the Catalyst Fund, in line with its own and government priorities. The Catalyst Fund enables HEFCE to deliver its strategic aims for higher education in research, teaching and knowledge exchange. These calls for expressions of interest cover three specific areas.

• Universities as anchors
• Supporting technical education
• Innovative knowledge exchange in small, specialist institutions

Higher education institutions and further education colleges are invited to submit expressions of interest by noon on Thursday 6 November 2014.

More information can be found on HEFCE’s website.