Higher Education Strategic Risk Analysis Report 2025/26 20 2.7 Teaching and Learning. Student outcomes (ranked joint 7th inherent and joint 4th residual), student experience (ranked joint 10th inherent and 11th residual), and student wellbeing (ranked joint 9th inherent and joint 13th residual) Risk findings: Student outcome and student experience risks are not always easily delineated, and root causes and mitigations often overlap. Compared to 2024/25, student experience and student outcomes risks appear on marginally fewer strategic risk registers (65% and 50% respectively), while overall inherent and residual risk scores are broadly the same, with outcome risks being scored more highly on average. Student wellbeing risks in comparison appear on relatively few strategic risk registers, either as a standalone risk (30%) or incorporated in other risk areas. Patterns of risk scores do not vary significantly between institutions, despite substantial differences in the size and composition of student populations. Where student outcomes risks are documented as strategic risks, these invariably point to risks around student retention, completion, and securing positive graduate outcomes in terms of employment or further study. The description of these risks is typically detailed, often referencing OfS B3 conditions of registration, and indicating that most institutions have a strong and detailed grasp of the underlying data and are designing and implementing both broadbrush and targeted interventions. The consequences of not realising B3 conditions or increasing relative performance are made clear in terms of potential financial loss, regulatory action, and adverse impact on brand, reputation, league tables, and the future Teaching Excellence Framework. As with student experience activities, controls are increasingly based on data and insight about student attendance, engagement and academic performance, both to target support to individual students at the right time, and to design and test increasingly tailored interventions and activities. Student experience risks appear more frequently in strategic risk registers and risks address a broad range of concerns. These include risks associated with National Student Survey performance (e.g. in relation to teaching, assessment or feedback) and other forms of student voice, subject specific concerns, digital pedagogy and digital literacy, and risks specifically associated with the international student experience. Mitigating actions typically focus on strengthening teaching quality and
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