In response to BIS’ recent Grant Letter, HEFCE has opened its consultation, which closes on 22 July 2016.

We at NEON believe that our response must accurately reflect the views of our members. In order to facilitate this collaborative response, NEON will collate responses from its members and will report on these responses to HEFCE.

The questions found below are taken directly from the HEFCE consultation. In addition to submitting your own individual/institutional response to HEFCE’s consultation, please take a moment to answer the questions below so that NEON can respond on behalf of its members.

Please complete your responses by 11.59pm, 15 July 2016, so that NEON can respond by HEFCE’s deadline. Thank you for your support.

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* 1. First Name

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* 2. Last Name

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* 3. Position

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* 4. Organisation

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* 5. Email

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* 6. To what extent do you agree that HEFCE should discontinue the widening access element of the funding it previously identified as the student opportunity allocation from 2017-18? (Note that if a widening access element is continued, funding for NCOP will be provided in full or in part from the total available for the student premium and this will be further concentrated to reflect the reduced funding available.)

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* 7. To what extent do you agree with the proposal that the full-time student premium should include a supplement with a weighting based on the recruitment of students who are both at risk and from the most disadvantaged backgrounds?

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* 8. What source (or sources) of data do you consider should be used to determine the level of disabled students allocation to each institution?

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* 9. Do you have any other comments or advice on HEFCE's proposals for supporting widening access and successful student outcomes?

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* 10. To what extent do you agree that HEFCE should discontinue the element of the taught postgraduate supplement for provision that is eligible for the masters loan? (HEFCE would retain the supplement for flexible short-cycle provision).

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* 11. If the taught postgraduate supplement for provision that is eligible for the masters loan is discontinued, to what extent do you agree the supplement should be attributable to activity across all subjects, not just clinical, high and intermediate cost subjects?

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* 12. To what extent do you agree that funding should be provided according to the proportion of taught postgraduate students in each institution from the lowest participation areas or in receipt of Disabled Students’ Allowance?

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* 13. Are there other ways in which you would suggest HEFCE should provide teaching funding to address barriers to taught postgraduate participation?

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* 14. Do you have any other comments or advice on HEFCE's proposals for supporting progression to taught postgraduate study?

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