38th meeting of the OfS board, 8 February 2024

Agenda and associated papers

1 Chair's welcome

2 Minutes from the meeting of 12 December 2023

3 Chief executive's report

Annex A: OfS communications review

This cannot be published for copyright reasons.  

4 Intervention strategy 2024-25

A paper setting out the draft intervention strategy for 2024-25.  

Exempt from publication: strategy in development.

5 Trends from Annual Financial Returns

A presentation for the board with early data from the Annual Financial Returns.

Exempt from publication.

6 Risk report

The latest report on the current strategic and principal (high) corporate risks.

Exempt from publication due to sensitive information. Summary risk information is published in the OfS’s annual report and accounts.

7 Finance report

An update on the financial position of the Office for Students at the end of period 9 (31 December 2023).

Exempt from publication. Full financial disclosure is in the annual report and accounts.

8 Report from the student panel

9 Report from the Quality Assessment Committee

10 Oral report from the Provider Risk Committee

An oral update to the board.

11 Report from the Risk and Audit Committee

12 NAO report on franchised provision

An opportunity for the board to discuss the recently published NAO report on its investigation into student finance for study at franchised higher education providers.

Exempt from publication.

13 Restricted item

Exempt from publication.

14 Restricted item

Exempt from publication.