Add Course

You can add the following information in the Add Course section on the Courses tab:

start year
funding level
study mode
accelerated course
domicile
postgraduate options

Start year

Use the dropdown menu to choose the academic year you want to set the course up for.

If you need to create a course from a previous academic year onwards, please take care to select the correct academic year from the dropdown as it will default to the current year otherwise.

This is a mandatory field for all courses.

Funding level

Use the radio buttons to choose the funding level of the course you are creating.

This is a mandatory field for all courses.

If you select postgraduate funding level, the system will ask you if the course is to enable:

English or Welsh domiciled students to apply for Postgraduate Master’s Loan or Postgraduate Doctoral Loan products
Northern Irish domiciled students to apply for the Northern Ireland Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan
Scottish domiciled students to apply for the SAAS Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan

If your course is an accelerated course, you should indicate it at this stage. CMS will then let you add the higher course fee on the Course Details screen.

Study mode

Use the radio buttons to choose full-time or part-time study mode.

This is a mandatory field for all courses.

Accelerated course

Select this option if you are creating an accelerated course.

It is only available to English providers creating a full-time undergraduate course.

What are accelerated courses?

To widen participation and offer more flexible study patterns from AY 2019/20, higher education providers in England can offer accelerated degrees with higher fee amounts per academic year. Most students on these courses will be able to access the higher fee funding.

The most important points about accelerated degrees are:

the higher fee cap is available to English providers only
only students starting a course in AY 2019/20 or later are eligible for the higher fee funding
the maximum fee rates for accelerated courses are 1.2 times the maximum standard fee rate per academic year (rounded to the nearest whole £5)
the maximum fee chargeable per academic year is £11,100
postgraduate initial teacher training (PG ITT) courses are not eligible
the maintenance support available to students on accelerated degrees will remain 'as is' (loan for living costs and long course loans for additional weeks of study where applicable)
previous study rules remain 'as is'
the maximum values for Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) remain the same
accelerated courses can be studied by attendance or distance learning
accelerated course funding is allowed for placement and study abroad years, as long as the required conditions are met (the course must be at least one year shorter than an equivalent standard-length course, at least 50% must be studied in the UK and the degree must be awarded in the UK)

The Welsh Government has confirmed it will not provide additional funding up to the higher fee cap for its students. However, it will fund up to a standard course fee cap. Welsh students will need to self-fund the difference.

English, Scottish and Northern Irish students can access funding up to the higher fee rate. However, Northern Irish students studying at an Approved provider will continue to be subject to a maximum fee cap of £4,275 for both standard and accelerated degree courses.

Domicile

For postgraduate master’s courses, select the student domicile it is meant for.

This is a mandatory field for all postgraduate master's courses.

Postgraduate options

Use the radio buttons to select Master’s or Doctorate.

This option is only available when you have selected postgraduate funding level with an England or Wales domicile. It is a mandatory selection for these courses.