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Introduction to HESES and teaching funding

Introduction to HESES and teaching funding. Caroline Charlton Funding round manager. Today’s agenda (1). 10:30 Introduction to HESES and teaching funding 11:15 Terms and definitions used in HESES (part 1) 12:00 Lunch 12:45  Terms and definitions used in HESES (part 2).

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Introduction to HESES and teaching funding

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  1. Introduction to HESES and teaching funding Caroline Charlton Funding round manager

  2. Today’s agenda (1) 10:30 Introduction to HESES and teaching funding 11:15 Terms and definitions used in HESES (part 1) 12:00 Lunch 12:45  Terms and definitions used in HESES (part 2)

  3. Today’s agenda (2) 14:30 Break 14:45 The HESES process 14:55  The data verification process 15:05 Data reconciliation and audit 15:45 Questions and closing points 16:00 Close

  4. HEFCE staff at this event • Caroline Charlton, Funding round manager • Paresh Prema, Analyst • Christine Daniel, Analyst • Sarah Phillips, Funding round adviser • Ewa Wawrzynska, Assurance adviser

  5. This session • How HESES11 will be used to monitor compliance with the 2011-12 funding agreement • An introduction to our proposals for teaching funding for 2012-13 • How HESES will inform initial allocations for 2012-13 • How HESES will inform 2012-13 student number controls

  6. HESES11 and 2011-12 funding agreements

  7. HEFCE Teaching Grant 2011-12 • Mainstream teaching grant • Employer co-funded provision funded outside the mainstream method • Targeted allocations: • Widening participation • Teaching enhancement and student success • Other targeted allocations • Other

  8. Monitoring through HESES11 • HESES11 will be used to determine: • Percentage difference between standard and assumed resource (and contract range holdback/recovery) • Whether any targets for growth have been met • Whether the target for medical /dental numbers has been met • Compliance with the student number control • Potential adjustment if institutions over-recruited in 2009-10/2010-11 and do not deliver a required shortfall against the student number control

  9. Contract range • Generally we want assumed resource to come within 5% of standard resource • Standard resource - a notional resource level based on the institution’s student profile • Assumed resource - actual HEFCE grant + our assumption of fee income • Some contract ranges differ from +/- 5% • Holdback will apply if institutions are above contract range

  10. Students counted for mainstream teaching grant Home & EU students who are: • not funded by another EU public source • not funded through a separate non-mainstream teaching allocation (employer co-funded ASNs) • not aiming for an equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) or are aiming for an ELQ but are exempt from the policy • on a course open to any suitably qualified candidate • at least 0.03 FTE (approx 1 week full-time study) • on a recognised course of HE

  11. How do we count student activity? • ‘Completing’ students are counted in full-time equivalent terms • Full-time equivalence of part-time students depends on intensity of study relative to an equivalent full-time student • Sandwich year-out students count as 0.5 FTE

  12. Calculation of standard resource Pro rata to full-time equivalent (FTE) students weighted: • By subject • Price group A: 4 • Price group B: 1.7 • Price group C: 1.3 • Price group D: 1 • For London weighting (generally inner 8%, outer 5%) • For partial completion weighting (varies by institution)

  13. Calculation of assumed resource • 2011-12 mainstream teaching grant is rolled forward from 2010-11 with adjustments for holdback, funding for additional student numbers, transfers and to reflect our budget • We make assumptions about fee income • At sector average rates, not reflecting what individual institutions charge • So that we can reflect not just the relative costs of provision, but also how those costs are met

  14. The percentage difference • We compare standard resource and assumed resource • We want this to fall within institutions’ contract range (generally the +/- 5% tolerance band) • The tolerance band recognises the need for flexibility in how activity is delivered and that there are approximations in how it is measured

  15. Use of HESES11 To calculate standard resource: • HEFCE-fundable FTE completions (Tables 1a, 2, 3) • Split by price group • FTE for part time (Table 3) To calculate assumed resource: • HEFCE-fundable FTE (Tables 1a, 2, 3) • Fee status (Table 4) Hence to calculate any holdback for exceeding the contract range / recovery of funds

  16. Targets for growth • HESES11 will also be used to determine: • Whether targets for growth have been met (using HEFCE-fundable estimated total completions (FTE) from Tables 1a - 3) • Whether targets for employer co-funded provision have been met (FTE from column 5/5a of Tables 1a – 3) • Whether the target for medical /dental numbers has been met (using Table 1b)

  17. 2011-12 Student number control • Limit on HEFCE-fundable and employer co-funded FT UG & PGCE students starting study in the academic year 2011-12 • Monitored using HESES Table 6 • Institutions that exceed their student number control limit will be liable for a reduction in HEFCE grant pro rata to level of over-recruitment

  18. 2011-12 Student number control (2) • Institutions that exceeded 2010-11 SNC may face further grant adjustment unless they deliver a shortfall against 2011-12 SNC • Shortfall required determined by excess new starters in 2010-11 expected to continue into 2011-12 • Shortfall also required to avoid further adjustment for excess intake in 2009-10 which was not offset in 2010-11

  19. Proposed funding methods for 2012-13

  20. Proposed funding methods for 2012-13 • Consultation ongoing (HEFCE 2011/20) – closing date 2 September • Document details proposals for: • Phase-out: For ‘old-regime’ students • Phase-out: For ‘old-regime’ employer co-funded students • Funding for high cost provision (‘new-regime’ students) • Targeted allocations • 2012-13 Student number control

  21. 2012-13 Phase-out allocation • Funding rates x student volume x scaling factor • Funding rates based on 2011-12 funding and student population • Institutional rates by price group, mode and level incorporating London and partial completion weightings and tolerance band positions • Initially derived from HESES11; revised using 2011-12 HESA data

  22. 2012-13 Phase-out allocation • Old-regime student volume: • Initial allocation announced in March 2012 will be based on 2012-13 student numbers forecast in HESES11 • Will be revised to reflect HESES12 and then 2012-13 HESA data • Scaling factor: • Necessary to ensure we remain within budget available • May be recalculated as part of revisions to allocations arising from updated data

  23. 2012-13 Phase-out co-funded • Similar to phase out of mainstream teaching grant • Funding rates x student volume x scaling factor • Funding rates based on 2011-12 funding and student population; Initially derived from HESES11; revised using 2011-12 HESA data • Volume initially from HESES11; revised using HESES12 and 2012-13 HESA

  24. 2012-13 High cost • Relates only to students in price groups A and B • Illustrative rates: • Price group A: £10,000 • Price group B: £1,500 Rates will be set to ensure affordability • No tolerance band, funding will reflect student numbers • Only variation in funding rates by institution will be for London weighting

  25. 2012-13 High cost (2) • Initial allocation based on ‘new-regime’ students from HESES11 Table 7 • Allocations will be revised using HESES12 and 2012-13 HESA • We reserve the right not to count numbers recruited in excess of medical and dental intake targets or student number control limits

  26. 2012-13 Targeted allocations • HEFCE-fundable FTE (completions) (Tables 1a, 2, 3) plus co-funded FTE inform WP and IR allocations • Part-time FTE informs the part-time targeted allocation • ‘Long’ FTE informs the accelerated / intensive provision targeted allocation • Students subject to ‘regulated £0’ fees inform the Erasmus allocation

  27. 2012-13 Student number control

  28. 2012-13 Student number control • Will continue to apply to FT UG and PGCE entrants • Government plans to free up controls for around a quarter of entrants • Institutions’ limits will be reduced to allow for AAB+ and core-margin • Proposed approach in HEFCE 2011/20

  29. 2012-13 Student number control (2) • All institutions will be able to recruit as many AAB+ equivalent students as they want to and are able to • Other entrants subject to core student number control • Core will be determined incorporating various pro rata reductions and an adjustment for previously recruited AAB+ students

  30. Use of HESES11 - summary

  31. Use of HESES11 - summary • Determines contract range holdback/recovery • Grant adjustments to reflect whether funded growth (ASNs / co-funded) and/or target medical /dental numbers have been delivered • Grant reduction if institutions exceed the student number control • Grant reduction if institutions do not deliver a required shortfall against the student number control

  32. Use of HESES11 – summary (2) • Determine ‘funding rates’ and volume for initial allocations of 2012-13 phase-out teaching funding • Determine volume for initial allocations of 2012-13 high-cost teaching funding • Determine volume for 2012-13 WP/IR and some other targeted allocations

  33. Any questions?

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