Part 2: Functions of the Office for Students Section 6: Regulation of duties of registered higher education providers
This section amends the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 to insert section 8A, which provides for new mandatory registration conditions relating to freedom of speech and academic freedom. These include initial and ongoing registration conditions regarding the institution’s governing documents and management and governance arrangements, an ongoing registration condition requiring the governing body of the provider to comply with its duties under sections A1 to A3, and an ongoing registration condition requiring the governing body of a provider that is eligible for financial support for the purposes of section 39 to keep the OfS informed of its students’ unions.