Over the last 10 years, we have increased total funding for higher education by over 20 per cent. in real terms and now spend £10 billion a year, although the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England are responsible for the distribution of funding to support different courses. Both organisations have made important contributions to developing effective progression pathways for people looking to continue learning beyond level 3 either through further or higher education and are working together to assess the issues relating to the current funding of higher level skills provision.
The LSC is generally responsible for funding non-prescribed HE courses in FE colleges. Information on the funding for non-prescribed higher education courses is not currently available.