Functions

Select a function to see the activities carried out to fulfil that function.

Please note: This list does not include all functions and activities performed by higher education institutions.

• Alumni Relations Management
• Finance Management
• Fundraising
• Governance
• Information Resources Management
• Media Relations Management
• Public Relations Management
• Publishing
• Research
• Student Administration
• Student Support Services Management
• Teaching

Alumni Relations Management

The function of maintaining and fostering the institution’s relationship with its former students.

• Alumni Communication
  The activities involved in managing the institution’s communications with its alumni.
• Alumni Data Administration
  The activities involved in managing personal and other data on alumni which are held by the institution for the purpose of maintaining its relationship with its alumni.

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Finance Management

The function of managing the institution’s financial resources.

• Finance Strategy Development
  The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s finance strategy.
• Financial Accounting
  The activities involved in processing, recording, classifying and analysing information on financial transactions between the institution and third parties, and between the institution and its employees.
• Financial Audit
  The activities involved in conducting and responding to internal and external audits of the institution’s financial affairs.

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Fundraising

The function of raising revenue additional to that provided by the main funding bodies, to support and develop the institution’s estate, activities and operations.

• Fundraising Campaign Management
  The activities involved in designing, conducting and reviewing the effectiveness of fundraising campaigns.

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Governance

The function of developing the institution’s corporate governance structure and rules, and in conducting business in accordance with those rules.

• Executive Committee Management
  The activities involved in managing the work of the executive committees that support the institution’s governing body.
• Governing Body Management
  The activities involved in managing the work of the institution’s governing body.
• Legal Framework Development
  The activities involved in establishing and, where appropriate, changing the legal status of the institution.

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Information Resources Management

The function of managing the information resources which are generated or acquired by the institution in the course of its work or to support its work.

• Archives Management
  The activities involved in managing the institution’s archives.
• Publications Management
  The activities involved in managing collections of publications acquired or assembled by the institution to support its work.

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Media Relations Management

The function of managing the institution’s relationships with the media.

• Media Communication Management
  The activities involved in managing the institution’s communications with the media.

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Public Relations Management

The function of raising and maintaining the institution’s public profile, and of managing its relationships with groups or individual members of the public.

• Honorary Award Management
  The activities involved in conferring honorary awards.

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Publishing

The function of producing publications for distribution internally or externally.

• Publication Management
  The activities involved in managing the design, production and distribution of individual publications.
• Publishing Policy Development
  The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s publishing policies.
• Publishing Strategy Development
  The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s publishing strategy.

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Research

The function of undertaking research and delivering the institution’s supervised research programmes.

• Research Exploitation
  The activities involved in developing the commercial potential of research results.
• Research Programme Development
  The activities involved in developing the institution’s research programmes.
• Research Project Development
  The activities involved in developing ideas for research into formal project proposals.
• Research Strategy Development
  The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s research strategy.

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Student Administration

The function of recruiting and administering students.

• Assessment Administration
  The activities involved in administering the conduct of assessments.
• Award Ceremony Administration
  The activities involved in organising awards ceremonies.
• Course Administration
  The activities involved in administering the delivery of courses.
• Student Academic Appeal Handling
  The activities involved in handling appeals by students against the results of assessments.
• Student Admission
  The activities involved in admitting students to the institution.
• Student Complaint Handling
  The activities involved in handling formal complaints by students against the institution.
• Student Discipline
  The activities involved in conducting disciplinary proceedings against students for breaches of the institution’s academic regulations (e.g. cheating in examinations) or for misconduct (e.g. improper use of institutions’ computer systems).
• Student Financial Aid
  The activities involved in assisting students with course and living expenses during their course of study.
• Student Records Administration
  The activities involved in:
  Compiling and maintaining complete and accurate records of the progress and conduct of students throughout their relationship with the institution.
  Making students’ records, and aggregated student data and analyses available to departments to support other institutional activities.
• Student Recruitment
  The activities involved in recruiting students to study at the institution.
• Student Registration
  The activities involved in registering students on taught or research programmes.
• Student Relations Management
  The activities involved in managing the institution’s relationship with its student body.

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Student Support Services Management

The function of providing services to support students throughout their relationship with the institution.

• Accommodation Services Management
  The activities involved in assisting students in finding accommodation during their course of study.
• Careers Services Management
  The activities involved in the provision of catering facilities.
• Childcare Services Management
  The activities involved in the provision of childcare facilities.
• Counselling Services Management
  The activities involved in the provision of counselling facilities.
• Health Services Management
  The activities involved in the provision of health services.
• Religious Services Management
  The activities involved in the provision of religious services.
• Special Needs Services Management
  The activities involved in assisting students with special needs.
• Sports and Leisure Services Management
  The activities involved in the provision of sports and leisure facilities.
• Welfare Services Management
  The activities involved in the provision of welfare services.

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Teaching

The function of providing teaching to deliver the institution’s taught programmes.

• Taught Course Development
  The activities involved in developing the institution’s taught courses.
• Taught Curriculum Development
  The activities involved in developing the institution’s taught curriculum.
• Taught Programme Development
  The activities involved in developing the institution’s taught programmes.
• Teaching Strategy Development
  The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s teaching strategy.

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