Guidance

Alternative higher education providers: specific course designation - guidance for applicants

Guidance on the new specific course designation process, the criteria and conditions and the new application process for higher education.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 5 June 2013
• Last updated: 27 March 2015 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 31 July 2015

This guidance has been updated and replaced with a new version.

Applies to England

Documents

Alternative providers: specific course designation - guidance for providers: criteria and conditions

Ref: BIS/14/1060

PDF, 319 KB, 55 pages

Alternative provider: specific course designation - supplementary guidance for providers

Ref: BIS/15/164

PDF, 327 KB, 32 pages

Details

The guidance sets out detailed information on conditions which alternative providers of higher education need to abide by when relating to:

• the specific course designation system
• the criteria for granting designation
• the assessment and decision making process
• the conditions of specific course designation, and
• how student number controls and sanctions will be applied

The ‘alternative provider specific course designation: supplementary guidance for providers’ provides further detail and clarity on a range of policies and actions that were announced in January and February 2015. It sets out new terms and conditions of designation on the:

• approach to managing quality from September 2015
• approach for allocating student number controls
• terms and conditions of specific course designation

Published 5 June 2013
Last updated 27 March 2015 + show all updates

1. 27 March 2015

   Added 'Alternative provider: specific course designation: supplementary guidance for providers'

2. 28 August 2014

   Updated version of the guidance

3. 17 December 2013

   Added link to the 'Technical note' which provides supplementary guidance.

4. 5 June 2013

   First published.