HEFCE SIVS policy 2005-12

Between 2005 and 2012, we undertook a £350 million programme of work to support subjects recognised as strategically important and vulnerable.

Continuing support

Of these subjects we continue to support:

Previous support

Subjects we previously supported and pieces of work we carried out were:

Support for moving full-time undergraduate numbers into strategically important and vulnerable subjects (SIVS) in 2010-11

In 2010 we invited applications for funding from institutions to shift the balance of their provision towards strategically important and vulnerable subjects. Final monitoring of this initiative was through the 2012 Annual Monitoring Statement (AMS).