Our business plan

What we will do in 2025-26

• We will reopen for registration, degree awarding powers (DAPs) and university title applications.
• We will trial a new approach to variation assessments for DAPs, and a streamlined set of evidence requirements for other DAPs assessments.
• We will conclude our consultation on new conditions of registration. This is expected to introduce new conditions in relation to consumer protection and effective governance, and increase the efficiency of the registration process.

What we will do in 2025-26

• We will continue our engagement programme with students and providers through events such as webinars, sector engagement sessions, and provider visits.
• We will explore new ways for providers to give advice and challenge on the OfS’s work.
• We will improve transparency and understanding of our work by publishing Insight briefs on key regulatory issues and running our 2025 stakeholder survey to gather feedback from across the sector.
• We will improve how we communicate with students and stakeholders by strengthening our presence in student media and making the OfS website more accessible and user friendly.

What we will do in 2025-26

• We will continue to work with the sector and Jisc on our transition to in-year collection of student data.
• We will continue work to demonstrably minimise data burden.
• We will continue to improve our new provider portal.
• We will implement changes to the Aggregate Offshore Record for data on transnational education.
• We will meet our transparency obligations by publishing regulatory datasets and helping to reduce information gaps across the sector.
• We will streamline published data and improve accessibility.
• We will continue to explore and implement the use of AI for OfS operations.