THE University of Teesside will be handed an extra £2.8m for the next academic year.
The money will mainly pay for an extra 684 student places on its foundation degrees.
The university has pioneered the new vocational two-year full-time and three-year part-time foundation degrees with courses ranging from police training and education, chemical technology and health-related programmes of study.
The provisional settlement also includes a grant of £4.7m to support widening participation and student retention - up by £800,000 on last year.
In total, the university will receive £41.9m.
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