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How does EU State Aids regulations affect employer engagement provision?

April 26, 2017affect AIDS employer engagement EU regulations State

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How does EU State Aids regulations affect employer engagement provision?

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Legal advice we have taken highlights that provision which is highly tailored to meet the needs of employers, or places HEIs in competition with private providers, could potentially be challenged as an illegal state aid. Our initial discussions with the Government’s State Aid Branch has underlined that – as HEFCE funding is intended to support accredited provision which meets our own regulations on closed courses – it is unlikely that provision would be successfully challenged as an illegal state aid. However, HEFCE is not able to indemnify institutions from the risk of any such challenge, and institutions are encouraged to follow guidance on the State Aid Branch web-site. The EU is currently reviewing its block exemptions within State Aids regulations, and we are discussing with the State Aid Branch how we can support the HE sector to engage with this review.