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Invitation 01/54

Respond by 30 October 2001

Additional student places and funds 2002-03

Invitation to bid

To: Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions
Heads of HEFCE-funded further education colleges
Of interest to those responsible for: Strategic planning, Funding, Access, Quality assurance, Curriculum development
Reference: 01/54
Publication date: September 2001
Enquiries to: For queries on the bidding document:
HEFCE higher education advisers

For queries on foundation degrees:
Graeme Rosenberg tel 0117 931 7487 e-mail g.rosenberg@hefce.ac.uk

For technical queries on the bidding template:
Bridget Josselyn tel 0117 931 7005 e-mail b.josselyn@hefce.ac.uk

Executive summary (read on-line)

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Annex A: Foundation degrees: core features
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Annex B: Guidance for collaborative bids
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Annex C: Explanatory notes for completing the disk
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Templates for reference only

Institutions are being sent a disk to complete with Annexes D and E

Annex D: Additional student places and funds 2002-03: Section 1
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Annex E: Additional student places and funds 2002-03: Section 2
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Executive summary

Purpose

1. This publication invites bids for additional student places and funds for 2002-03. Bids may be for full-time or part-time, sub-degree, foundation degree, other degree or postgraduate taught places. In addition, institutions may bid for summer school places.

Key points

2. All higher education institutions (HEIs) and further education colleges (FECs) directly funded by the HEFCE are eligible to submit bids. We advise FECs that have small amounts of directly funded higher education (HE) provision to bid in collaboration with other, larger HE providers.

3. The framework for this initiative was set in 1997 and supports the key national priorities of widening participation in HE, increasing opportunities for students, increasing vocationally-oriented provision, and supporting expansion of high quality in learning and teaching. For 2002-03, therefore, we are inviting bids that will:

  • widen participation through increasing the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds
  • support expansion of high quality in learning and teaching
  • deliver foundation degrees
  • support New Technology Institutes (see also HEFCE 01/47).

4. Bids may address one or more of these objectives. In doing so, they should all:

  • contribute to national priorities for HE and/or to regional or sub-regional economic strategies
  • enhance student employability
  • give more students the opportunity to undertake high quality study at institutions of their choice
  • address unmet student demand.

5. In addition, bids must address one or more of the following four specific priorities:

  1. Expanding high quality in learning and teaching.
  2. Widening participation by:
    1. Providing vocationally-oriented programmes.
    2. Increasing the range of HE options within a region.
    3. Meeting regional/national skills shortages.

6. We particularly encourage collaborative bids to widen participation in HE.

7. Institutions will have the opportunity to phase allocations over one, two or three years.

Action required

8. Institutions should submit bids, on the disk provided, to the Additional Student Numbers (ASN) team, to arrive no later than 1700 on 30 October 2001.