Higher Education Bursaries and Scholarship Scheme (HEBSS) Steering Group

The HEBSS Steering Group provides oversight of the HEBSS scheme and acts as a forum for stakeholder liaison and management. They promote the rationale and benefits of the scheme to the higher education sector and other stakeholders and also approve annual estimate of income and expenditure for the scheme.

The purpose of the group is to:

• Provide oversight of the HEBSS scheme and to act as a forum for stakeholder liaison and management.
• Promote the rationale and benefits of the Scheme to the higher education sector and other stakeholders.
• Approve annual estimate of income and expenditure for the Scheme.

Membership

Chair - British Universities Finance Director Group	Reggie Blennerhassett	BUFDG
AMOSSHE, The Student Services Organisation	Jayne Aldridge	AMOSSHE
Academic Registrars Council	Sharon Harrison-Baker	ARC
National Union of Students	Sarah Kerton	NUS
Office for Fair Access	Emma Douthwaite	OFFA
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service	Kate Howell	UCAS
University Warwick	Vivienne Sykes
University Oxford	Joanna Barry
University Edinburgh	Robert Lawrie
Nottingham Trent University	Alison Gray
Cardiff University	Sheila King
Student Loans Company	various	SLC

Meeting dates

The HEBSS Steering Group meets three times per year.

Key outputs from the last meeting

11 October 2017
The Bursaries Steering Group received a Service Management Report update. This included an update on the product performance report, improvements, user group update, seminar feedback and technical upgrades. Members were provided with an update on the operational status report and a finance update.