Our business plan

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.