Part 2: Functions of the Office for Students Section 9: Overseas funding Section 69D: Overseas funding: registered higher education providers
This section requires the OfS to monitor the overseas funding of registered higher education providers and their constituent institutions so that it can assess the risk which the funding poses to freedom of speech and academic freedom in the provision of higher education. The OfS must also consider whether such funding is relevant to a breach of section A1.
	Higher education providers must provide information on relevant funding to the OfS. Relevant funding is specified funding from a relevant overseas person where that exceeds a threshold (to be set in regulations) in a period of 12 months, as received by the provider, a constituent institution, or a member or member of staff of the provider or constituent institution (in their capacity as such). A relevant overseas person includes a government of an overseas country, a body headquartered in such a country, or a politically exposed person (as defined) in relation to such a country. The overseas country concerned excludes countries that will be prescribed in regulations.