The work of the Office for Students

Industry and Regulators Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 3 Mar 2023 Closed: 21 May 2024 Parliament page
The inquiry will scrutinise whether the statutory duties of the OfS are clear and examine its performance against those duties since its establishment. The inquiry will look at how the OfS’ regulatory framework has developed since its inception, its independence from and relationship with the Government, and whether it has … Read more
1 Report
9 Oral sessions
1 Letter
11 Events
Activity timeline 23 events
28 Nov
2023
Report published
27 Nov
2023
Correspondence
13 Sep
2023
Report published
5 Sep
2023
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
11 Jul
2023
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 3A, Palace of Westminster
16 May
2023
Oral evidence
16 May
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
9 May
2023
Oral evidence
9 May
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
2 May
2023
Oral evidence
2 May
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
25 Apr
2023
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 9 sessions
16 May 2023
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Anne Spinali · Department for Education Robert Halfon MP · Department for Education
9 May 2023
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Susan Lapworth · Office for Students The Lord Wharton of Yarm · Office for Students
2 May 2023
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Erica Conway · University of Birmingham Mack Marshall · Newcastle University Students’ Union Nicola Owen · Lancaster University Rania Regaieg · University of the West of England
25 Apr 2023
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Anthony McClaran · GuildHE Professor Simon Gaskell · Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) Vicki Stott · Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
18 Apr 2023
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Chloe Field · NUS Francesco Masala · OfS Student Panel Martha Longdon · OfS Student Panel
28 Mar 2023
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Alex Proudfoot · Independent Higher Education Rachel Hewitt · MillionPlus - The Association for Modern Universities Vanessa Wilson · University Alliance Vivienne Stern MBE · Universities UK
21 Mar 2023
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Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell · Industrial Strategy Council Professor Neal Juster · The University of Lincoln Professor Susan Lea · The University of Hull Sir David Eastwood · University of Birmingham
14 Mar 2023
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The Rt Hon Charles Clarke · Department for Education The Rt Hon Lord Jo Johnson · Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
7 Mar 2023
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Dame Nicola Dandridge DBE · Office for Students Sir Michael Barber · Office for Students
Correspondence 1 letter
27 Nov 2023 Office for Students' response to the Committee's report, Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis facing higher education, 27 November 2023
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