Heather Fry, HEFCE Director (Education and Participation) speaks about the consultation on new arrangements for teaching funding

1. Consultation on teaching funding
and student numbers for 2012-13
Heather Fry,
Director (Education and Participation)
Opening session

2. The policy context
• Spending review 2010 and response to Lord
Browne’s report
• HEFCE grant letter 2010
• White paper
• Letter accompanying White Paper from Secretary of
State

3. The White Paper - Students at the
heart of the system
“Over the period of the Spending Review,
the proportion of funding for teaching
provided by direct grant from HEFCE will
decline and the proportion from graduate
contributions, supported by subsidised
loans from Government, will increase”
Higher Education: Students at the Heart of the system, BIS 2011, p8.

4. The White Paper - Students at the
heart of the system
“We will move away from the tight number controls
that constrain individual higher education
institutions, so that there is a more dynamic
sector in which popular institutions can grow and
where all universities must offer a good student
experience to remain competitive.”
Higher Education: Students at the Heart of the system, BIS 2011, p5.

5. Teaching funding and student
number controls consultation
• Two stage consultation
• Stage 1: about 2012-13 – the transition year –
consultation from 30 June – 2 September
• Stage 2: about 2013-14 onwards – the new system
• Both will address funding for teaching & control of student
numbers/finance
• Our plans are tailored to fit within the CSR financial
parameters, as far as we know them

6. Principles of our approach
We want to minimise instability amid significant change
and complexity.
To achieve this we aim for our proposals to:
• Be fair and auditable
• Be recognisable
• Be transparent
• Avoid new data collection processes
• Minimise instability

7. Outline of the day
• Overview of proposals
• Detailed information on:
• Funding for 2012-13
• Student number controls
• Break out sessions and peer discussion
• Panel session
• What lies beyond 2012-13

8. Looking to the future
Heather Fry, Director (Education and Participation)
Closing session

9. Timetable (stage 1)
June 2011 Stage one of the consultation begins
July 2011 Consultation events on 8, 13, 15 July
Stage one of the consultation closes on 2
September 2011
September
Subject to the outcome of the consultation, we
End October 2011 will issue a call for bids and detailed criteria for
re-allocating 20,000 places
November/December
Decision of the HEFCE Board published
2011
December 2011 Deadline for proposals for 20,000 places

10. Timetable (stage 2)
Winter 2011-12 Stage two consultation begins
Initial allocations for 2012-13 announced
March 2012
and forecast of 2012-13 student numbers
April/May 2012 Stage two of the consultation closes
HEFCE Board decisions on stage two of
July
the consultation

11. Stage 2 consultation on funding
and number controls for 2013-14
onwards
Winter 11-12 to April/May 2012
• Funding for high cost subjects
• Funding for widening participation, widening access and
improving provision for disabled student
• Institution-specific funding
• Other funding streams (e.g. London weighting, accelerated
provision)
• Monitoring and addressing vulnerabilities
• Student number controls

12. Responses should be made online by 2 September 2011
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2011/11_20/consult/
Presentations will be available on the HEFCE website
shortly