Foundation programme

[5] Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford offers a foundation year exclusively to students from poor socio-economic backgrounds.

Study Group offers international foundation year programmes in conjunction with a number of British universities including (as of January 2023[update]) Aberdeen, Cardiff, Durham, Huddersfield, Kingston, Lancaster, Leeds and Leeds Beckett (jointly as Leeds International Study Centre), Liverpool John Moores, Royal Holloway, Sheffield, Strathclyde, Surrey, Sussex, and Teesside.

[10] UCL has offered Undergraduate Preparatory Certificate international foundation year courses since 1991.

Progression rates from foundation years to degree courses were identified as needing monitoring.

Thus, while the Russell Group universities that the Sunday Times article focused on have 'a clean bill of health', problems elsewhere in the sector may not have been uncovered by the report.

[18] At a number of universities in the United States, the SABIC Foundation Year Program is a university preparation course aimed specifically at Saudi students that will return to work for SABIC after completing a bachelor's degree in the US.