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Important updates for the service.
SFE FTUG applications are now open for academic year 2025/26
New and continuing full-time undergraduate students from England can now apply for student finance for academic year 2025/26.
Postgraduate master's courses for English and Welsh students course collection for academic year 2025/26
You can now submit your academic year 2025/26 Postgraduate master's courses for English and Welsh students on our Courses Management Service (CMS). You should complete your course submission by 11 April.
Foundation year courses
The cap for full-time undergraduate tuition fees for classroom-based foundation years is up to a maximum of £5,760 . This is dependent on provider category and Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) codes of the course. Please make sure to take extra care when entering foundation year tuition fees on CMS for academic year 2025/26. You'll find information on the affected HECoS codes on GOV.UK. For all other foundation years, the cap is up to the maximum full-time undergraduate fee of £9,535.
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Service updates, bulletins and other news about the delivery of student finance.
SFE full time undergraduate applications are now open for academic year 2025/26
New and continuing full time undergraduate students from England can now apply for student finance.
HEP bulletin - March 2025
Our HEP bulletin for March has information about worklists, registration confirmations and financial reporting.
HEP bulletin - January 2025
Our HEP bulletin for January has information about Registration and Attendance Confirmations, course collection and Bursary Administration Service.
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Creating a DSA course
Explains how to create a DSA course to allow your students to access DSA support.
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An overview of term dates and their importance when adding full-time undergraduate courses to CMS.
Read moreNegative attendance confirmation
Negative attendance confirmation and attendance codes explained.
Read moreAttendance Home
An introduction to the attendance home page.
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