CLA Higher Education Licence - our rates

The Licence is negotiated by CLA centrally with the Universities UK / GuildHE Copyright Negotiating and
Advisory Committee (UUK/GuildHE CNAC); those HEIs who are not members of either UUK or GuildHE
are licensed under very similar terms and conditions.

For each year of the Licence (1 August 2024 - 31 July 2024) we will charge for types of registered students as shown:

	Description	Data Source	Fee
UK campus-based students	These constitute the main body of students for many, but not all, HEIs. They can be any student based on a campus in the UK who is on a credit-bearing course.  They include all undergraduate and taught postgraduate students, both full- and part-time.	UUK/GuildHE members: HESA – postgraduate (taught), first degree, other undergraduate, FE FTES We use the most recent data available, which is retrospective by two years – e.g. for invoicing in August 2019, the data is for 2017-18 Non-UUK/GuildHE members: Direct from HEI. We ask for two-year backdated data - e.g. for invoicing in August 2019, the data is for 2017-18 - but can also accept one-year backdated data if necessary	£8.27 per FTES
Distance Learners (DLs)	All students studying away from your premises – either in the UK or overseas – who have no (or minimal) direct contact hours. They include all undergraduate and taught postgraduate students, both full- and part-time.	UUK/GuildHE members: HESA Student Record (for overseas DLs, Aggregate Offshore Record) We use the most recent data available, which is retrospective by two years – e.g. for invoicing in August 2019, the data is for 2017-18. Non-UUK/GuildHE members: Direct from HEI. We ask for two-year retrospective data – e.g. for invoicing in August 2019, the data is for 2017-18), but can also accept one-year retrospective data if necessary.	£8.27 per Distance Learner
Overseas Campus Based Students (OCBS) OPTIONAL	Some or all students registered at your HEI, but based at a campus overseas – either an overseas branch of your HEI, or the campus of a third-party organisation with which your HEI is in partnership. For more information, please see our Guidelines.	Declared directly to us by HEI. Please note that this coverage is optional, and that, if you decide to take it, you can opt to declare to us some or all of your OCBS for coverage.	£6.19 per OCBS
Non Credit Bearing Students (NCBS) UUK/GuildHE members only	Students taking a course that doesn’t lead to a qualification or institutional credit (e.g. a professional development course, summer school, or course run by a Centre for Lifelong Learning). These students are not declared to HESA. More details are available in our NCBs Guidance.	Direct from HEI, for the most recent academic year available: report to us your exact figures or select the relevant band. We derive one FTES from every 300 NCB related Contact Hours reported to CLA. More details are available in our NCBs Guidance.	£8.27 per NCB FTES or  As per banding (to be confirmed)
Commercial research – Staff  UK/GuildHE members only	Members of staff engaged in commercial research/consultancy, and who are declared to HESA as such. For more details, please see our Quick Guide to Commercial Research/Consultancy.	We derive a notional FTES from the HESA publications Staff in Higher Education Institutions and Finances of Higher Education Providers.  For more details, please see our Quick Guide to Commercial Research/Consultancy	£51.20 per notional FTES

Please note: All fees are subject to VAT

FTES = Full Time Equivalent Student

HESA = Higher Education Statistics Agency

If you need any further information, please contact your HEI’s named CLA Licence Co-ordinator; if you are not sure who this is, a member of Library staff should be able to tell you who to approach. Our User
Guidelines also provide more detailed guidance.