Expansion of private higher education provision in England

Library briefing SN/SP/6155 Private higher education provision 8 December 2011 provided an overview of policy development in the private HE sector up to the end of 2011. This note is a follow on from that and gives an overview of developments since 2011; it highlights the expansion of the system and discusses the controversy around the provision of student support for students at private higher education institutions and the introduction of student number controls at private institutions.