58 Virtual Brochure – February 2024 6. Shouldering the responsibility for regulatory compliance: a challenge for higher education governance – Mar 2023 Executive summary It’s been almost five years since the first English universities were approved for inclusion in the Office for Students’ (OfS’) register of providers. The register now lists over 400 providers, all of whom are subject to regulation by the OfS’ and who need to demonstrate compliance with a set of 24 “ongoing conditions of registration” and the OfS’ accounts direction. The guidance is clear that ultimately it is the governing body of a university who is responsible for ensuring that the institution continues to satisfy these conditions. The challenge for councils and boards therefore is how do they obtain the assurance they need to be confident that conditions are being met in practice as well as on paper? Uniac has reviewed how a range of governing bodies have gone about obtaining assurance, drawing upon our insight from our members and clients and published information on governance frameworks.
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