Deadlines

Aligned with ESFA deadline

Individual Learner Record (ILR) data return

Every registered further education college and sixth form college will need to submit details of individual students and the courses they are studying.

The data collected underpin the OfS’s regulatory approach including metrics used to monitor condition B3 (student outcomes).

This data is collected by ESFA. Further information is available from GOV.UK.

Within seven calendar months and two weeks of a provider’s financial year end
(exact dates will be issued to providers)

Annual Financial Return

Every registered provider (excluding further education colleges and sixth form colleges) will need to submit financial data consistent with its latest audited financial statements, forecast financial and student number data, and other relevant contextual information, including signed, audited financial statements. A provider will need to submit the management letter from its external auditor.

The data collected is used to monitor the financial viability and sustainability of providers, in particular in considering compliance with Condition D (financial viability and sustainability).

This data is collected by the OfS. 

Our letter of 20 July 2021 gives early information about the requirements for the Annual Financial Return 2022.

Within 15 working days of the OfS sending the provider its ‘2020-21 access and participation plan impact report’

2020-21 access and participation plan monitoring: impact report

Providers will need to submit either:

• the URL of the location on the provider’s website of a document setting out information included in the 2020-21 access and participation plan impact report, or
• written confirmation that the provider has not published this information.

Guidance on submission requirements will be published in autumn 2021.

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Providers with access and participation plans covering academic year 2020-21

20 May

Graduate Outcomes survey (2020-21): Cohort C

Providers will need to submit and check the contact details for students who have completed their studies, who will then be surveyed by HESA.

For further education and sixth form colleges, initial contact details will be sourced from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) but will still need checking.

See the HESA website

23 May

Funding to support Ukrainian students

Deadline to submit information on the numbers of Ukrainian nationals and Ukrainian-domiciled students registered in the 2021-22 academic year.

See more about the funding

9 June

Supplementary consultation on publication of information about higher education providers

This is a short supplementary consultation which proposes amendments to the proposals in the consultation we ran in December 2020 on publishing information about higher education providers.

See the supplementary consultation

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22 June

Provider profile (2021-22)

Providers will need to submit information about the location of their campuses and their internal organisation. This data allows the OfS and others to understand the geographic distribution of higher education.

See the HESA website

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excluding further education and sixth form colleges

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excluding further education and sixth form colleges

24 June

Call for evidence: Working in partnership to improve international student integration and experience

We are seeking to identify effective practice in supporting international students’ integration into UK higher education. 

Find out more about the call for evidence

1700 on 27 June

Capital funding for financial years 2022-23 to 2024-25

Deadline to submit bids for capital funding. Capital monies will be distributed over the three-year funding period running from financial years 2022-23 to 2024-25.

See the invitation to bid

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19 August

Graduate Outcomes survey (2020-21): Cohort D

Providers will need to submit and check the contact details for students who have completed their studies, who will then be surveyed by HESA.

For further education and sixth form colleges, initial contact details will be sourced from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) but will still need checking.

See the HESA website

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