Consultation on proposed regulatory advice and other matters relating to freedom of speech

The Office for Students (OfS) is implementing new freedom of speech functions. This consultation seeks views on proposals relating to:

• guidance on the new free speech duties imposed on registered higher education providers, on their constituent institutions and on relevant students’ unions
• amendments to the OfS regulatory framework to make reference to the OfS’s new general functions and general duties
• the OfS’s recovery of costs in connection with the new free speech complaints scheme and regulation of students’ unions.