Regulatory notice 7: Application requirements notice
Notice under section 3(5) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA).
Note: some regulatory advice documents are yet to be updated to incorporate these changes.
- Ref:
- OfS 2025.53 and OfS 2026.07
- Date:
- 21 August 2025
Standard notice
Notice for further education colleges
From 2 December 2025, further education colleges that are applying to register and not seeking DAPs do not have to submit evidence relating to the conditions of registration that we are proposing to disapply.
Please see information on registering with the OfS as a further education college for further details.
Published 21 August 2025
Last updated 03 March 2026 + show all updates
Last updated 03 March 2026 + show all updates
03 March 2026 - Application requirements notice for further education colleges published.
01 October 2025 - Corrected hyperlinks in various footnotes.
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