Jisc, the UK’s higher education ICT agency, and the Higher Education Statistics Agency are discussing plans to bring the organisations closer together.
The two organisations said on 10 January that conversations were at an early stage and the details of any integration needed to be worked through. They said, however, that such a move could increase the impact of higher education in the UK and would build on the recommendations of David Bell’s 2017 review of UK higher education agencies.
Bell’s review recommended a “strategic delivery partnership” between Jisc, Hesa, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and the Higher Education Careers Service Unit.
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