Hefce scheme encourages businesses to co-fund students

Hefce scheme encourages businesses to co-fund students:Higher Education Funding Council for England to support government policy of getting businesses to co-fund students with up to £105m over the next three years

(Via Education Guardian).

At the same time Hefce confirm that the “controversial proposals to withdraw £100m of funding for people studying equivalent or lower degrees (ELQs) over the next three years will go ahead.”

For idibl, this might be an opportunity to help fund deliver of our online, inquiry-led, work-based degrees around themes rather than subject discipline. The hot themes at the moment being around regeneration and the Every Child Matters agenda.