OfS sets out new strategy based on ‘equality of opportunity’
In developing the strategy, the OfS heard the views of students, institutions, and other stakeholders through a public consultation and feedback events
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The Office for Students (OfS) has unveiled a new strategy to help it “deliver exemplary regulation in the interest of students”.
The new strategy will be built around three priorities: quality, student experience and support, and sector resilience.
OfS said its strategy will be framed by four attitudes:
- Ambitious for students from all backgrounds.
- Collaborative in pursuit of its priorities and stewardship of the sector.
- Vigilant about safeguarding public money and student fees.
- Vocal that higher education is a force for good, for individuals, communities and the country.
The regulator said the plan aims to ensure students receive a high quality education and the experiences they have been promised. It will also place greater emphasis on the resilience of higher education providers, including whether institutions have governance strong enough to manage rising financial and strategic risks.
Equality of opportunity will be embedded across all areas of work, with the regulator aiming to ensure that students from different backgrounds can benefit fully from higher education.
In developing the strategy, the OfS heard the views of students, institutions, and other stakeholders through a public consultation and feedback events.
OfS chair, Edward Peck, said: “Delivering our strategy in the interests of students will be as much about how we regulate as what we regulate. That’s why we’re setting out four attitudes that will drive our stewardship of this important sector in a period of change as we work to become an exemplary regulator.
“The interests of students remain at the core of everything we do. They told us that they want high quality teaching, resources, and support, to be treated fairly, and for their time in higher education to give them the knowledge and skills they need to succeed.”
He added: “I’d like to thank everyone who responded to the consultation. Your views have been instrumental in helping us develop our new approach for the benefit of past, present, and future students.”