Monitoring and intervention
Consultations on aspects of our approach
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, we suspended some of our regulatory requirements while providers adapted rapidly to the changed environment.
We resumed these in phases. However, we do not intend to reinstate our requirements exactly as before. Instead, we will draw on our experience of the last two years and target our work to ensure that it is focused where it is most needed.
As our regulatory focus moves from the initial registration of providers (since 2018, we have registered more than 400 providers) to the monitoring of registered providers in relation to their conditions of registration, we continue to develop our approach to monitoring and intervention.
We have recently consulted on the following aspects of our approach.
A ‘reportable event’ is a standing requirement placed on each registered provider to report certain events or matters to the OfS.
We asked for views on the way we define ‘reportable event’ in the regulatory framework and on revised guidance to help providers to understand and meet the OfS’s reporting requirements.
The consultation has now concluded, and we have published an analysis of the responses and our decision.
We have revised the definition of reportable events in the regulatory framework and issued revised guidance. Our letter of 20 October 2021 to registered providers implements these changes, and they took effect on 1 January 2022.
Our revised arrangements provide greater clarity about our reporting requirements and will better assist providers in understanding and meeting their reporting requirements.
The revisions we are making do not change the broad scope of the substantive matters that have to be reported to us under the regulatory framework.
HERA gives the OfS the power to impose a monetary penalty on a provider if it appears to us that a provider has breached one or more of its conditions of registration with the OfS. We sought views on our proposed approach to calculating monetary penalties.
The consultation has now concluded, and we have published an analysis of the responses and our decision. Read the analysis.
We have also published regulatory guidance setting out our approach to calculating monetary penalties. Read the regulatory guidance.
The OfS receives and generates information about the sector as a whole and about individual provider's performance and regulatory compliance. We sought views on our proposed general policy approach to the publication of information about particular providers, and particular individuals connected with them, where that information is relevant to our regulation of higher education providers.
The consultation has now concluded, and we have published an analysis of the responses and our decision.
Last updated 29 September 2022 + show all updates
29 September 2022 - Added analysis of consultation responses to the publication of information section.
20 October 2021 - Updated with the consultation responses and notice of a revised definition of reportable events.
08 July 2021 - Added link to the analysis of monetary penalties consultation responses.
08 March 2021 - Updated to reflect closure of consultation on monetary penalties
01 March 2021 - Updated to reflect closure of consultation on reportable events
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