30 July 2014 
Karel Thomas, Executive Director
The EMM survey has reopened for input of data that will show institutions, HEFCE and BIS, and other support organisations how the English sector is improving its procurement and efficiency. HEFCE has issued a Circular Letter to Heads of Institutions explaining that “the survey to all HEIs this year is not driven by targets; rather it denotes a general imperative to evidence that the sector is operating efficiently, as set out in the grant letter to HEFCE from Government in February 2014. We will report on progress to Government using the information from the survey; note this will be anonymised.”
Last week BUFDG sent communications to Finance Directors and Heads of Procurement with instructions of how to access the system. These instructions can be downloaded from the BUFDG website, but the only way to get a username and password is to contact Matt, who will be keeping track of which HEIs are getting involved in the survey. Although we appreciate that the period of data collection is over the peak holiday period and accounts close-down, we hope that as many HEIs as possible will return data.
