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<p>The policy work that underpinned the reforms introduced by the Higher Education
and Research Bill (HER Bill) was largely undertaken by civil servants and drew on
previous published material including, for example, the Gaskell Review that was prepared
for Universities UK. This material was referenced in the Green Paper published in
October 2015 and again in the White Paper in May 2016 that preceded the introduction
of the HER Bill.</p><p>BEIS commissioned Deloitte to undertake preliminary organisational
design work ahead of the establishment of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), working
with BEIS, the UKRI Interim Chair and senior leaders from the existing Partner Organisations
which will form UKRI. The brief was to set out high level organisation design principles,
assumptions and options for UKRI consistent with the framework set out by the White
Paper and the HER Bill. The work was completed in October 2016 as preliminary specialist
advice for BEIS officials and ministers to inform further organisational design work
being carried out within BEIS and hence it is not planned to publish the commissioned
report.</p>
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