24th meeting of the OfS board, 23 September 2021

Agenda and associated papers

1.1 Chair's welcome

2.1 Approval of minutes from 13 July 2021 board meeting

3.1 Chief executive's report

Annex A cannot be published for copyright reasons

Annex B exempt from publication – locally sensitive information. Summary risk information will be published in the OfS’s annual report and accounts

Annex C - Report on use of delegated decision making relating to funding

4.1 Presentation on regulating student outcomes

A presentation to the board on the approach the OfS is developing for its consultation on regulating student outcomes.

This will be issued in the autumn.

5.1 Report on findings from A&P monitoring

6.1 Free speech

A paper to the board considering the approach the OfS should take to issues of free speech and academic freedom, ahead of the implementation of the provisions of the government’s proposed Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill.

Exempt from publication – locally sensitive information.

We will review this exemption when the Freedom of Speech Bill is passed.

7.1 Financial sustainability of registered providers

8.1 Finance report

An update to the board on the OfS’s Programme and Administration funding.

Exempt from publication – locally sensitive information. Full financial disclosure will be made in the OfS’s annual report and accounts.

9.1 Oral report from the Quality Assessment Committee

An oral report to the board on the outcomes of the committee’s most recent meeting held on 14 September 2021.

10.1 Oral report from the Risk and Audit Committee

An oral report to the board on the outcomes of the committee’s most recent meeting held on 8 September 2021.

11.1 Closed session – Publication of information about individual providers

Exempt from publication – legally privileged