Regulatory advice 8: Guidance for providers about condition of registration F1: transparency information

This guidance sets out what providers must do to comply with the ongoing condition of registration relating to transparency information.

Ref:: OfS 2020.02
Date:: 10 January 2020
To:: All registered higher education providers in either the Approved or Approved (fee cap) part of the OfS Register, as set out in The Higher Education (Transparency Condition and Financial Support) (England) Regulations 2018.

Transparency 2021 information

For the 2020-21 academic year, the OfS will draw on HESA and ILR student data to produce a reduced set of transparency information (the Transparency 2021 information) which providers will be required to publish on their website in June 2021. This is due to the continued disruption caused by coronavirus and our intention to review the approach to the transparency information for the longer term.

For details of the specification of the Transparency 2021 information, how providers can access their Transparency 2021 information, and requirements and guidance on publishing the information, please see Transparency 2021 information: Specification and publication guidance.

See more information about regulatory requirements during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The documents below are for reference only.

Regulatory advice 8: Guidance for providers about condition of registration F1: transparency information

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OfS 2020.02. This regulatory advice sets out guidance for higher education providers in England that are registered with the Office for Students

Previous versions of Regulatory advice 8

Regulatory advice 8 was originally published on 28 February 2018 (OfS 2018.08) and subsequently re-published on 13 December 2018 (OfS 2018.52). These versions are available below for reference.

December 2018: Regulatory advice 8: Guidance for providers about condition of registration F1: transparency information

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OfS 2018.52

February 2018: Regulatory advice 8: Guidance for providers about condition of registration F1: transparency information

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OfS 2018.08

Published 10 January 2020
Last updated 29 April 2021 + show all updates

29 April 2021: Updated coronavirus wording on webpage and added link to 2021 transparency information.
06 July 2020: Updated details about the suspension of transparency returns.
26 March 2020: The requirement to submit transparency returns in April 2020 is suspended

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