Version 1.0 - Last Updated: 25 Oct 2023

Editing courses

Editing postgraduate courses


England and Wales

You can edit saved Student Finance England (SFE) and Student Finance Wales (SFW) postgraduate master’s and doctoral courses.

To amend a course, select the Edit button in the Course Details section. You can change:

  • term dates (but only if the change does not affect the first year start month)
  • course name
  • UCAS code
  • HEP codes

You can then either Save or Cancel your changes.

Editing course details after students have submitted applications to it can affect their assessment. For any changes required after student application launch, you must contact ssin_queries@slc.co.uk and you will be asked to fill in a course change form before you make the change on CMS.

Please note that the following course details can't be amended once a course has been saved:

  • course locations
  • available domiciles
  • course intakes
  • course duration

If you need to make any of these edits you will need to create a new course and submit a change of circumstances for any affected students.

Northern Ireland and Scotland

You can edit saved Student Finance Northern Ireland (SFNI) and Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) postgraduate master’s courses.

To amend a course, select the Edit button in the Course Details section. You can change:

  • term dates (but only if the change does not affect the first year start month)
  • course name
  • qualification (Northern Irish courses only)
  • UCAS code
  • HEP codes
  • course fee

You can then either Save or Cancel your changes.