Guidance

Provision recognised as higher education for funding purposes

How to request the creation or amendment of a qualification recognised as higher education for Office for Students funding purposes.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 21 October 2021
• Last updated: 6 May 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Provision recognised as higher education for Office for Students funding purposes

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This guidance contains details of how you can use the learning aims reference service (LARS) for qualifications recognised as higher education for Office for Students (OfS) funding purposes.

Published 21 October 2021

Last updated 6 May 2025 + show all updates

1. 6 May 2025

   Complete refresh of guidance related to requesting Higher Education learning aim references.

2. 22 December 2021

   Added to the 'Learning Aim details' section to correspond with the updated 'Higher Education Learning Aim Request' form

3. 29 October 2021

   Updated provision of higher education for funding purposes guidance

4. 21 October 2021

   First published.