Consultation on the Office for Students’ approach to monetary penalties

We are seeking views on our proposed approach to the use of our powers to impose monetary penalties on a higher education provider that breaches its conditions of registration with the Office for Students.

This consultation replaces the consultation ‘Consultation on the Office for Students’ approach to monetary penalties’ (OfS 2020.13) that was launched on 3 March 2020 and then paused because of the early impact of the coronavirus pandemic. That consultation has now been withdrawn and the very small number of responses that we received in March 2020, and which were submitted anonymously, will be destroyed.

The substance of the proposals set out in this consultation remain unchanged from those set out in the previous consultation (OfS 2020.13) with one exception; in this consultation we are not seeking views on our approach to the publication of information about sanctions, including monetary penalties. This is because we are consulting separately on our approach to publishing information about individual providers and other persons, more generally.