Statement on student support and numbers

29 October 2008

John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills has written a letter to the Chair of HEFCE Tim Melville-Ross about action he would like the funding Council to take following his parliamentary statement on student support.

The Secretary of State has asked us to allocate no more than 10,000 additional student numbers for 2009-10. This means that in 2009-10 there will be 30,000 more funded students (full-time equivalent) compared to 2007-08. These steps do not affect the allocations and planned growth in employer co-funded places which remain a core strategic priority. The Secretary of State has asked HEFCE to work up contingency measures that could be used to reduce the risk of institutions over-recruiting should this prove necessary.

We shall be issuing advice to universities and colleges early next week on the implications of his statement.

HEFCE's advice issued on Secretary of State's statement on student support and numbers (10 November 2008)

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