How we regulate student outcomes

In 2022, we revised our approach to regulating student outcomes (condition B3), which included setting numerical thresholds for continuation, completion and progression to help inform our monitoring of whether a higher education provider is delivering positive outcomes for its students.

We are evaluating the impact of this revised condition, to help inform how we design, operate and communicate our ongoing approach to regulating student outcomes.

Evaluation

For the first phase of this evaluation, we commissioned Shift Learning to conduct telephone interviews with providers to reflect on their views on the introduction of the new condition and how it is informing their work to deliver positive outcomes for students.

To gain further insight into the impact of the revised B3 condition, we commissioned Shift Learning to conduct in-depth case studies with four providers to explore the changes providers were implementing in response to the revised condition.