Important changes to the access and student success information required by HEFCE (2014-15) and OFFA (2015-16)

OFFA and HEFCE will not be requesting strategies for access and student success from higher education providers as planned.
Instead:

• institutions wishing to charge home/EU students more than the basic fee will need to submit an access agreement for 2015-16 to OFFA
• HEFCE will require a submission from all institutions that are in receipt of HEFCE Student Opportunity funding.

We have jointly taken this decision because of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ unexpected delay in sending HEFCE’s grant letter, and because we appreciate that institutions need to make progress with their access and student success plans, which must be approved by the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education. Separating our information requirements is the most pragmatic approach at this time. More...