Report 01/44

Additional student places and funds 2001-02

Outcome of bids

To:	Heads of all higher education institutions and further education sector colleges funded by the HEFCE
Of interest to those responsible for:	Strategic planning, funding, access, quality assurance, curriculum development
Reference:	01/44
Publication date:	July 2001
Enquiries to:	Emma Creasey, tel 0117 931 7225 e-mail e.creasey@hefce.ac.uk Wendy Rigby, tel 0117 931 7324 e-mail w.rigby@hefce.ac.uk

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Annex A - Allocations by region (Excel file)
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Annex B - Criteria and priorities for bids
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Annex C - Core features and assessment criteria for foundation degrees
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Annex D - Membership of the Advisory Group
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Annex E - Distribution of places sought by subject
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Executive summary

Purpose

1. This document announces the outcome of bids for additional student places and funds for 2001-02.

Key points

2. Each year we allocate additional funded student places in response to competitive bids. The framework for allocating these extra places is designed to enable institutions to respond to changes in student demand, to employment and regional needs, and to national priorities, as well as giving students the opportunity to study at the institution of their choice.

3. Within that framework, we invited bids that would support a number of key objectives, including widening access, rewarding high quality learning and teaching, improving employability, and providing vocationally oriented programmes below degree level. We particularly encouraged collaborative bids. This year, for the first time, we invited bids for foundation degrees and to support Graduate Apprenticeships (GAs).

4. We invited bids from all higher education institutions (HEIs) and further education sector colleges (FECs) that we fund directly. We received 205 bids, of which 136 were from HEIs and 69 from FECs. They sought a total of 38,276 additional places: 18,239 at degree level and above, and 20,037 at foundation and sub-degree level. Of the total, 18,128 were for full-time and 20,148 for part-time places. All student numbers in this report are expressed as headcounts unless otherwise stated.

5. We have allocated for 2001-02 a total of 16,767 new places in the competition: 7,162 at degree level and above and 9,605 at foundation and sub-degree level. Full-time places were 6,253 of the total, and the remaining 10,514 were for part-time programmes. In addition, we expect growth of 5,360 full-time and 3,738 part-time places that are phased allocations from previous competitions. In total, the allocations for 2001-02 will increase higher education provision by 11,613 full-time and 14,252 part-time places. A further 4,731 full-time and 3,542 part-time places allocated in the 2001-02 competition have been phased into future years.

6. Annex A gives details of the allocations to institutions for 2001-02.

Action required

7. No action is required: this report is for information.