About back on course

back on course is an impartial advice and guidance service for people who have withdrawn from higher education before completing their studies. We offer support to people who are interested in returning to education or exploring other positive options, such as employment, training or apprenticeships.

back on course is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as a three year project, and managed by The Open University in partnership with UCAS. HEFCE funding comes to an end on 31 July 2012 and, as a result, the project will progressively close until 30 September 2012. Students whose details are passed to the project before mid-June will be contacted and offered the full service, as normal. We are also planning a final research and evaluation report, which will be published at the end of the year. This will analyse the characteristics  of early leavers, and will seek to identify key issues that the sector can use to inform future policy on student retention and success.

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