Letter to higher education providers: 9 December 2025

Letter from the Secretary of State for Education to higher education providers on institutional governance and protecting public funding.

Secretary of State for Education's letter to higher education providers

Details

This letter reaffirms the government and higher education providers' shared responsibility to:

• provide students and taxpayers with assurance that funding is being well spent
• root out abuse of the student funding system

The letter:

• sets out the action the government is taking
• asks providers to change practices, if necessary