University Access Agreement
All universities must set out in their Access Agreement the fees they wish to charge, details of their financial support packages, details of their outreach strategies, and targets and milestones for widening participation. Access Agreements must be renewed and formally approved each year by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA). A university is only permitted to charge a Home/EU undergraduate and Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) fee above £6,000 if it has an approved Access Agreement.
The University of Oxford's Access Agreement
Education Committee is responsible for the University’s policies for admissions and access, and works with the colleges’ Admissions Executive. Oxford’s current and previous access Agreements can be found on the website of the Office for Fair Access.
Oxford’s financial support for students from lower income households is the most generous in the country. Based on current student profiles, one in six students receive a fee waiver and a quarter receive a bursary. The details of our financial support can be found on our undergraduate admissions website.
Oxford’s targets in the Access Agreement relate to increasing the number of UK undergraduates from schools and colleges which historically have had limited progression to Oxford; increasing the number of UK undergraduates from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds; increasing the number of UK undergraduates from neighbourhoods with low participation in higher education; and meeting the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) benchmark on disabled students at Oxford.