Correspondence

Letter to higher education providers: 9 December 2025

Letter from the Secretary of State for Education to higher education providers on institutional governance and protecting public funding.

From:
Department for Education and The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP
Published
9 December 2025

Applies to England

Documents

Secretary of State for Education’s letter to higher education providers

PDF, 196 KB, 5 pages

Details

This letter reaffirms the government and higher education providers’ shared responsibility to:

  • provide students and taxpayers with assurance that funding is being well spent
  • root out abuse of the student funding system

The letter:

  • sets out the action the government is taking
  • asks providers to change practices, if necessary

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2025

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