Securing student success: Regulatory framework for higher education in England

HERA requires the OfS to publish, as part of its regulatory framework, guidance for registered higher education providers on the general ongoing conditions of registration. This will assist in determining whether or not behaviour complies with the general ongoing conditions of registration. It may, in particular, specify descriptions of behaviour that the OfS considers compliant with, or not compliant with, a general ongoing conditions of registration, and factors that the OfS will take into account in determining whether or not behaviour is compliant with a general ongoing condition of registration. This part of the regulatory framework sets out this guidance.

References to whether a condition is ‘mandatory’ or ‘not mandatory’ relate to whether the OfS is legally required to impose the condition (mandatory) or has discretion to impose the condition (not mandatory). For a provider, both mandatory and not mandatory conditions will be requirements where the OfS chooses to impose them as conditions of registration.

The general ongoing conditions of registration, and the categories of the Register to which they apply, are set out in Annex A.