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These Regulations make provision for a fee limit condition and for determining tuition fee limits in relation to a new system of funding for ālifelong learningā. The Regulations need to be read together with section 10 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) (āthe 2017 Actā); section 10 concerns the requirement for a mandatory fee limit condition for certain higher education providers, and Schedule 2 contains provisions on determining the amount of the fee limit in connection with a qualifying course.
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These Regulations amend the Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/903) (āthe 2018 Regulationsā) and the Higher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/214) (āthe 2019 Regulationsā). The amendments introduce new, increased course fee limits for qualifying courses provided by certain English higher education providers. The new fee limits apply to academic years beginning on or after 1st August 2026 but before 1st August 2027 and academic years beginning on or after 1st August 2027. The fee limits apply only to courses which begin before 1 January 2027.
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These Regulations amend the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/543) (āthe 2019 Regulationsā).
Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
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These Regulations amend the Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/903) (āthe 2018 Regulationsā) and the Higher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/214) (āthe 2019 Regulationsā). The amendments introduce new, increased course fee limits for qualifying courses provided by certain English higher education providers, and new lower tuition fee limits for foundation years of study in certain subjects. The fee changes apply to the higher amounts of fees and the floor amounts in respect of those amounts. These expressions are defined by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) (āthe 2017 Actā). The increases also apply to the basic amounts of fees, and the floor amounts in respect of those basic amounts. These expressions are defined by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2017 Act. The fee increases to the higher amounts are required to maintain the value of those amounts in real terms, having regard to the index of prices specified in the Student Fees (Inflation Index) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/507). Fees are increased by 3.1%.
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These Regulations, which apply in England only, amend 7 instruments (āthe 7 instrumentsā) relating to financial support for students:
Students' Unions (Freedom of Speech) (Monetary Penalties) (England) Regulations 2024
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These Regulations make provision in relation to England regarding the imposition of a monetary penalty by the Office for Students (āOfSā) on a studentsā union in respect of a breach of its duties under section A5 (duty to take steps to secure freedom of speech) or A6 (code of practice) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) (āthe Actā). The studentsā unions which are subject to such duties are studentsā unions for students at higher education providers registered with the OfS as approved (fee cap) providers.
Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
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These Regulations make provision for fees to be charged by the Office for Students (āthe OfSā) for the undertaking of assessments under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) (āthe Actā).
SI explanatory text
These Regulations amend the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/543) (āthe 2019 Regulationsā).
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Section 71 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (āthe Actā) provides that the Office for Students (āthe OfSā) may, in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State, charge fees for activities specified in those regulations undertaken by the OfS in the performance of its functions. These Regulations have been made for that purpose.
Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
SI explanatory text
These Regulations, which apply in England only, amend seven instruments relating to financial support for students (those instruments are referred to collectively as āthe 7 instrumentsā).
SI explanatory text
These Regulations amend the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/543) (āthe 2019 Regulationsā).
Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
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These Regulations revoke the Higher Education (Fee Limits and Student Support) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/853).
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These Regulations amend legislation in relation to England which prescribes tuition fee limits and tuition fee loan amounts in connection with higher education courses.
Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
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This instrument revokes and replaces the Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 due to a defect in that instrument and amends the following Regulations (āthe Student Finance Regulationsā)ā
Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
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These Regulations are the first ones made under section 70 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (āthe Actā). They set out the fees which the Office for Students (āOfSā) may charge institutions for their registration in the register of English higher education providers which is maintained by the OfS under section 3 of the Act.
Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
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Section 10 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) (āHERAā) requires the Office for Students to ensure that the ongoing registration conditions of each registered higher education provider of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State must include a fee limit condition. Such a condition requires the governing body of a provider to secure that āregulated course feesā do not exceed a fee limit. Schedule 2 to the Act sets out how fee limits are determined. The āregulated course feesā to which fee limits apply are fees which are paid by a āqualifying personā where that person undertakes a āqualifying courseā.
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Transitional and Saving Provisions) (University Title) Regulations 2018
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Part 1 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) (āthe 2017 Actā) establishes the Office for Students (āthe OfSā) and a system of registration for English higher education providers.
SI explanatory text
Section 10 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) (āHERAā) requires the Office for Students to ensure that the ongoing registration conditions of each registered higher education provider of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State must include a fee limit condition. Such a condition requires the governing body of a provider to secure that āregulated course feesā do not exceed a fee limit. Schedule 2 to the Act sets out how fee limits are determined. The āregulated course feesā to which fee limits apply are fees which are paid by a āqualifying personā where that person undertakes a āqualifying courseā.
Higher Education (Transparency Condition and Financial Support) (England) Regulations 2018
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Section 3(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 requires the Office for Students (āthe OfSā) to establish and maintain a register of English higher education providers. Section 3(2) of that Act provides that the register may be divided by the OfS into different parts representing different categories of registration. The OfS has decided to divide the register into two parts: āApprovedā and āApproved (fee cap)ā.
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Cooperation and Information Sharing) Regulations 2018
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These Regulations are made under section 63 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c.29) (āthe Actā). Under section 63(2)(a) and (4) of the Act the Office for Students may cooperate, or share information, with a relevant person for the performance of a relevant function of that person. Under section 63(2)(b) the Office for Students must cooperate with a relevant person in the performance of a relevant function if required to do so by the Secretary of State.
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018
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This instrument makes consequential, transitional, transitory and saving provisions in consequence of the commencement of certain provisions of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29). Under that Act, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (āHEFCEā) and the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education (āthe Directorā) are abolished and replaced by the Office for Students (āthe OfSā). That Act also abolishes the research body known as the Natural Environment Research Council (āNERCā) and establishes a new research body ā United Kingdom Research and Innovation (āUKRIā).
Higher Education (Access and Participation Plans) (England) Regulations 2018
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These Regulations are the first ones made under sections 29, 30, 32, 33 and 34 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (the ā2017 Actā). They make various provisions relating to access and participation plans, as defined in section 29(2) of the 2017 Act. Where a registered higher education provider that is subject to a mandatory fee limit condition under section 10 of the 2017 Act has an access and participation plan approved by the Office for Students (āthe OfSā) under section 29 of that Act, that provider may charge fees at the higher limits determined and prescribed in accordance with Schedule 2, paragraph 2 of that Act. Section 12 of the 2017 Act requires the OfS to impose a registration condition on providers wishing to charge fees at the higher limits under Schedule 2, paragraph 2, requiring those providers to have in force and to comply with an access and participation plan that has been approved by the OfS. Sections 15 to 21 of the 2017 Act make provision regarding enforcement powers available to the OfS where a registration condition has been breached.
SI explanatory text
These Regulations make provision in relation to England regarding the imposition of a monetary penalty by the Office for Students (āOfSā) on a studentsā union in respect of a breach of its duties under section A5 (duty to take steps to secure freedom of speech) or A6 (code of practice) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) (āthe Actā). The studentsā unions which are subject to such duties are studentsā unions for students at higher education providers registered with the OfS as approved (fee cap) providers.