Office for Students

Office for Students

OfS
Statutory corporation overview
Formed	1 January 2017
Preceding agencies	HEFCE Universities Funding Council Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (1988–92)
Type	Non-departmental public body
Jurisdiction	England
Minister responsible	Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Universities and Science
Statutory corporation executives	Michael Barber, Chair Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive
Parent Statutory corporation	Department for Education

The Office for Students (Welsh: Swyddfa ar Gyfer Myfyrwyr) is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the higher education sector of the United Kingdom.

The regulator was initially established by the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. It will merge HEFCE and the Office for Fair Access, formally inheriting their duties, and having 'a wider remit ... taking charge of the granting of degree awarding powers and university title.'

Michael Barber was appointed as Chair in February 2017. In July 2017, it was announced that Universities UK Chief Executive Nicola Dandridge would take up the role of Chief Executive.

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