Annual funding allocations

‌‌Funds for 2013-14

In March 2013 we announced initial allocations of grant for 2013-14 for each university and college that we fund.

Allocations for 2013-14 will be adjusted in March 2014 and finalised in 2015 in light of the end-of-year individualised student data for 2013-14.

The total HEFCE grant available for the 2013-14 academic year is £4,472 million.

Figures in the adjacent chart are correct as of March 2013.

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Documents for institutions

In March 2013 each institution received a set of individualised grant tables along with a grant letter and technical guidance which gives a comprehensive explanation of the contents of the tables.

In July 2013 institutions will receive their funding agreements for 2013-14.

In October 2013, institutions will receive another set of tables, incorporating any changes since the March announcement.

Teaching funding: three-stage process

We are implementing an iterative three-stage process to calculate and review teaching funding allocations for each year. This aims to balance the need to pay grant from August, before student numbers are known, with the need to ensure, in the interests of fairness and accountability, that allocations finally reflect actual numbers of old- and new-regime students in the year.

For the academic year 2013-14, this comprises:

• an initial allocation in March 2013, using forecast 2013-14 student FTEs submitted in the 2012 Higher Education Students Early Statistics (HESES) or Higher Education in Further Education: Students (HEIFES) survey. 
• an adjusted allocation in March 2014, using updated 2013-14 student FTEs submitted by institutions in the 2013 HESES/HEIFES survey
• a final allocation in 2015, using student numbers from the 2013-14 individualised student data reported to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) or from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) reported to the Data Service. 

Student number control

In January we wrote to each institution providing a provisional student number control allocation and details of how we had determined this. In February we wrote to institutions confirming limits incorporating any places awarded through the 'core and margin' policy and the result of any appeal.

There are a number of important changes to the student number control arrangements for 2013-14 following our consultation on arrangements for 2013-14 and beyond. In particular, institutions have more flexibility, which allows them some limited scope to exceed their student number control allocation without this resulting in a reduction to their HEFCE grant; and the exemptions list has been expanded so that more students do not count against the student number control allocation.

• More about student number controls and the exemptions list

Note on available documents

The recurrent grant tables differ slightly for higher education institutions and further education colleges but the grant tables given below are for the sector as a whole.

Queries from institutions should be addressed to the HEFCE higher education policy adviser for their institution.

Teaching funding

Funding for old-regime students

Funding for old-regime students shows subject-based funding for old-regime students who started their studies before 1 September 2012.

High-cost funding for new-regime students

High-cost funding for new-regime students shows subject-based funding for new-regime students in high-cost subjects (price groups A to C1 for undergraduates, and price groups A to C2 for postgraduates).

Student Opportunity

A new allocation of funding for student opportunity has been created, replacing the allocations previously provided for widening participation and improving retention within teaching enhancement and student success.

The allocation comprises elements to recognise the extra costs associated with recruiting and supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds currently under-represented in higher education (£88 million), widening access and improving provision for disabled students (£15 million) and improving the retention of students most at risk of not completing (£224 million).

Research funding

Our mainstream QR funding is allocated selectively according to quality. The documents below provide a more detailed breakdown of these funds.

We have also provided the source data we have used to calculate mainstream QR funding for 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.

The QR funding data for years prior to 2013-14 are available.