Our business plan
Quality
This page outlines the work we will do on quality in 2025-26.
What we will do in 2025-26
- We will develop a new integrated approach to assessing quality, informed by engagement with students and higher education providers.
- We will consult on this new approach, including considering how risks to quality are identified and monitored.
- We will explore the development of indicators to support our understanding of provider-level risks to quality and standards.
- We will continue to assess apprenticeship provision.
- We will continue to engage with organisations working in transnational education.
What we will do in 2025-26
- We will prepare for measuring the numbers of students studying modules from 2026-27, and for collecting new data about completion of modules in 2027-28.
- We will analyse the LLE’s implications for our regulatory approach.
- We will support the DfE in ensuring that the process for providers to apply for its modular eligibility check is ready before the LLE launch.
What we will do in 2025-26
- We will complete monitoring and evaluation of the artificial intelligence and data science programme, which supports innovation in digital skills development.
- We will monitor and evaluate the degree apprenticeship programme, supporting growth in high quality technical education.
- We will continue to develop our policy on pathways and progression, including through collaboration with Skills England.
What we will do in 2025-26
- We will support and promote freedom of speech within higher education.
- We will investigate where we have particular concerns in relation to freedom of speech.
- We will prepare for the introduction of a new freedom of speech complaints scheme, subject to decisions by Parliament.
What we will do in 2025-26
- We will allocate OfS strategic priorities grant funding to support teaching and infrastructure across the sector.
What we will do in 2025-26
- We will complete all quality assessments currently in progress.
- We will open new assessments where we identify potential concerns.
- We will continue informal engagement with providers to address risks early where possible.
- We will further develop our enforcement guidance and processes to ensure that our approach to regulatory interventions is clear and efficient.
Published 26 May 2022
Last updated 24 July 2025 + show all updates
Last updated 24 July 2025 + show all updates
24 July 2025 - Published 2025-26 business plan.
02 August 2024 - Updated for 2024-25.
08 June 2023 - Business plan published for 2023-24.
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