OfS registration reforms - briefing for unregistered providers

This webinar explained our new initial conditions of registration, which require institutions to evidence that they:

• treat students fairly (condition C5)
• have a set of governing documents that enable effective governance, including a comprehensive business plan (condition E7)
• have in place comprehensive arrangements to detect, prevent and stop fraud and the inappropriate use of public funds (condition E8)
• have key individuals in certain roles, with sufficient knowledge and experience, who are ‘fit and proper persons’ for our purposes (condition E9).

Our team also explained our new submission requirements for the registration application process.

Clarification: The answer given to the question 'Is the conflict of interest policy for all organisation staff or just for a governing body?' (at 39:31 of this recording) was incomplete. A full answer to this question is set out below. 

'Conflicts of interest policy' means a policy which governs how the provider will manage any actual or potential conflicts of interests in relation to individuals responsible for management and governance of the provider, where they are making decisions on behalf of the provider and which, at a minimum:

1. contains a definition or guidance of what would constitute a conflict of interests, that would enable users to identify whether a conflict existed;
2. contains an explanation of how and when conflicts of interests should be declared to the provider; 
3. contains mitigations to address conflicts of interests declared.