Operating Framework for Higher Education

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HE is a partnership between a student and the university, college or other HE provider that is delivering their course or programme of study. HE providers are responsible for the quality of their students’ experiences and the smooth running of the organisation. 

Students and the wider public need to be sure that the fees they are paying and public investment in HE is being spent wisely and well.  The operating framework describes the arrangements that are in place to do this.  It is mostly concerned with students taking their first degree, who come from the United Kingdom and the European Union.  It will also help international students by showing how HE in England is accountable and how students' interests are protected.

• Purpose and oversight
  What is the operating framework for and how is it overseen?
• Gateways for providers
  How are organisations and courses included in the higher education regulatory framework?
• Regulatory building blocks
  How are higher education providers held to account?
• Operating the regulatory framework for higher education
  How are higher education providers monitored?
• Organisations
  Roles and responsibilities of the organisations involved in the operating framework

A glossary of terms is available

Page last updated 4 September 2014