We regulate fee levels at higher education providers, ensure a framework is in place for assessing the quality of higher education and scrutinise the performance of designated providers.
HEFCW has specific regulatory duties relating to:
monitoring higher education institutions’ compliance with fee and access plans
assessing the quality of education
preparing and consulting on a new Financial Management Code, and monitoring institutions’ compliance with the Code
providing information and advice to Welsh Ministers.
Any institution that wishes for its full-time undergraduate courses to be automatically designated for student support must submit a fee and access plan to HEFCW.