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Funding for learning and teaching

In 2010-11, we will distribute £4,727 million as recurrent grant in support of learning and teaching. In distributing this funding, we aim to promote high-quality teaching and to meet the needs of students, employers and the nation.

Funding method

Our funding method funds similar activities at similar rates, and ensures that any variations are for sound and justifiable reasons. It also supports our policy to increase opportunities for a wide range of people to enter higher education, by taking into account the extra costs of providing for certain types of student, such as part-timers.

The method also recognises institutional diversity, for instance by taking into account the needs of specialist and small institutions. Most of our funding for learning and teaching is distributed as a block grant, which institutions and colleges can use to support their aims and objectives.

Key areas

These pages contain further information about our learning and teaching funding. We outline developing policies and explain key issues in teaching funding such as:

• student completion
• the equivalent and lower qualification policy
• review of price groups and fee assumptions
• TRAC for teaching
• the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund
• withdrawal and reduction of selected targeted allocations
• the review of exceptional funding for institutions (REFI)
• future support for teaching enhancement and widening participation.

Further information

• 'Funding higher education in England: How HEFCE allocates its funds' (HEFCE 2008/33)
• 'Recurrent grants for 2010-11' (HEFCE 2010/08)
• Latest arrangements for capital funding
• Teaching funding templates
• Frequently asked questions about student completion

Other information, including previous consultations, can be found in the archive.

For further information about the issues described in these pages contact Alan Palmer (a.palmer@hefce.ac.uk; 0117 931 7340).

Last updated 13 March 2010