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<p>Providers of higher education are autonomous institutions, and whether to offer
scholarships is a matter for each individual provider to decide.</p><p> </p><p>Where
providers use scholarships and other forms of financial support to help widen access,
we have said in our guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), that we expect such
financial support to be backed up by evidence that shows the investment is proportionate
to the contribution it is expected to make towards widening access. Any provider wishing
to charge higher fees has to have an access and participation plan agreed with the
OfS, setting out the measures and expenditure it intends to make to widen the access
and success of disadvantaged students in higher education.</p>
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