Today [Thursday 13 November 2025], the Office for Students (OfS)
publishes a new strategy that explains how it will strive to
deliver exemplary regulation in the interest of students.
The strategy sets out four attitudes to guide the OfS's approach
to risk-based regulation and drive the delivery of its
objectives:
·
Ambitious for students from all
backgrounds.
·
Collaborative in pursuit of our priorities and
in our stewardship of the sector.
·
Vigilant about safeguarding public money and
student fees
·
Vocal that higher education is a force for good,
for individuals, communities and the country.
In developing the strategy, the OfS considered the views of
students, institutions, and other stakeholders through a public
consultation and feedback events.
The OfS will focus on three areas of priority: quality, student
experience and support, and sector resilience. This includes
making sure students receive a high quality education and get the
experiences they have been promised.
The OfS will also prioritise sector resilience, with an aim for
all institutions to have the effective governance needed to
navigate increased financial and strategic risk successfully.
Equality of opportunity will be embedded at every level of the
OfS's work, with an aim that students from all backgrounds can
reap the benefits higher education can bring.
OfS chair, Edward Peck, said:
‘Delivering our strategy in the interests of students will be as
much about how we regulate as what we regulate. That's why we're
setting out four attitudes that will drive our stewardship of
this important sector in a period of change as we work to become
an exemplary regulator.
‘The interests of students remain at the core of everything we
do. They told us that they want high quality teaching, resources,
and support, to be treated fairly, and for their time in higher
education to give them the knowledge and skills they need to
succeed.
‘I'd like to thank everyone who responded to the consultation.
Your views have been instrumental in helping us develop our new
approach for the benefit of past, present, and future
students.'
