Regulatory advice 12: How to apply for degree awarding powers
This regulatory advice sets out guidance for existing and new providers of higher education in England that wish to apply to the OfS for authorisation to use degree awarding powers from October 2018.
Note: This document is yet to be updated to incorporate the changes to conditions of registration that came into effect on 1 May 2022, and should be read in conjunction with the regulatory framework.
- Ref:
- OfS 2018.46
- Date:
- 24 October 2018
Regulatory advice 12 was updated in July 2023 with an additional annex (Annex D), setting out operational guidance on the OfS’s approach to undertaking the assessment of applications for DAPs.
Although assessments will now be undertaken by the OfS, in developing this guidance, we have sought to ensure continuity of approach as far as is possible. Assessments will continue to use external academic experts, in order to test a provider’s ability to meet the criteria for the award of DAPs.
Longer term, the OfS expects to consult on and review its approach to the award of DAPs, to ensure that application processes and criteria remain fit for purpose, in the context of a growing and diverse sector.
Annexes
08 December 2023 - Link fixed in advice pdf.
30 October 2023 - Typo corrected in Appendix B of Annex D.
28 July 2023 - We have made a small amendment to the wording in paragraph 34 of Annex D.
27 July 2023 - Annex D published: operational guidance on the OfS’s approach to undertaking the assessment of applications for DAPs.
01 May 2022 - Link added to list of consequential changes to conditions of registration, in effect from 1 May 2022.
17 June 2021 - Updated to reflect that we are accepting DAPs applications
16 December 2020 - Update to the alert message.
15 May 2020 - Notice added about the suspension of applications for degree awarding powers.
20 December 2018 - Annex C was updated to correct an error in the formulae for total higher education student numbers in cells K12 to M13 of the ‘Template – New provider’ tab.
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