Our launch conference brought together students and student representatives, higher education providers, academics, politicians and third sector organisations, to discuss and debate the role of the Office for Students.
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Delegates had the opportunity to hear about our new regulatory framework, and develop a clear understanding of our strategic priorities, as well as how we will regulate the higher education sector in the interest of students.
Recordings from the conference can be viewed here:
Golden ages don’t have to be in the past
- Sir Michael Barber, Chair, Office for Students
Working in collaboration with students and the National Union of Student
- Shakira Martin, President, National Union of Students and OfS student panel member
- Sir Michael Barber, Chair, Office for Students
The Office for Students and UK Research and Innovation: How we will work together
- Nicola Dandridge CBE, Chief Executive, Office for Students
- Professor Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive, UK Research and Innovation
Minister's address
- Sam Gyimah MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
Future of skills and employment, and student choice
- Katja Hall, Board member, Office for Students
- Joysy John, Education Director, NESTA
- Claudia Harris, Chief Executive, The Careers and Enterprise Company
Value for money: The student perspective
- Megan Dunn, Student panel member, Office for Students
- Jim Dickinson, Chief Executive, Union of UEA Students
- Ed Marsh, Director, Middlesex Students' Union
Launch of the new Regulatory Framework
- Susan Lapworth, Director of Competition and the Register, Office for Students
- Martin Coleman, Deputy Chair, Office for Students
- Nicola Dandridge CBE, Chief Executive, Office for Students
Getting in and getting on: Access and participation in the Office for Students
- Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access and Participation, Office for Students
- Claire Crawford, Research Fellow of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick
- Ben Hunt, Student panel member, Office for Students
What is excellent teaching?
- Yvonne Hawkins, Director of Teaching Excellence and Student Experience, Office for Students
- Janice Kay, Deputy Chair, Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework
- Lauren Marks, TEF student panel member
- Jackie Labbe, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic), De Montfort University
Partnerships, participation and innovation
- Gary Neville, Director of Education '92, (University Academy '92)
- Ruth Carlson, Board member and Student panel member, Office for Students
- Sharon Huttly, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education), Lancaster University (University Academic '92)
- Sir Michael Barber, Chair, Office for Students
Wrap up and close
- Sir Michael Barber, Chair, Office for Students