More than 30 colleges have secured £70 million of capital funding from the higher education regulator.
The Office for Students today announced the outcome of a £399 million bidding exercise to support investment in new buildings, facilities and equipment.
Universities secured the lion’s share, as expected, but the list of 100 winners show 32 colleges were among the successful applicants and received individual allocations ranging from £150,000 to £5.8 million.
It follows other recent capital funding awards for colleges, worth hundreds of millions of pounds, including for energy efficiency, T Levels and reclassification to the public sector.
There were 203 bids to the OfS’ capital fund for higher education facilities. The 32 colleges secured £70 million between them.
