Higher Education Short Courses

The Higher Education Short Courses trial will run from 1 September 2022 until 31 August 2025. To participate in the trial, providers had to submit proposals as part of the Office for Students (OfS) Challenge Competition. To be eligible, providers needed to be based in England and be registered with OfS.

22 providers were successful in their bids. These providers can now offer courses funded by the Short Course Tuition Fee Loan for the duration of the trial period. Courses can last up to 12 months within this period and must finish on or before 31 August 2025.

If you're participating in the trial, you can use SIS to manage short course applications that are approved or approved but awaiting signature. You can:

• view short course application details
• confirm student attendance after the student has been on the  short course for 14 days to release the tuition fee payment to you
• submit Change of Circumstance (CoC) notifications