Consultation outcome

Office for Students: registration fees (stage 2)

From:
Department for Education and Office for Students
Published
19 October 2017
Last updated
12 March 2019 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Office for Students: registration fees (stage 2)

Ref: DFE-00062-2018

PDF, 253 KB, 30 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

The impact assessment related to this consultation is available at Office for Students registration fees: impact assessment.

Original consultation

Summary

We’re seeking your views on how registered higher education providers' annual registration fees charged by the Office for Students (OfS) will be calculated.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

We’re seeking views on:

  • detailed proposals for calculating the annual registration fee
  • a proposed partial government subsidy of registration fees for new providers
  • plans to review the fee model after 2 years of its operation, including sector views

The consultation also considers:

  • an alternative registration fee model that the OfS could move to in the future, subject to the outcomes of the proposed review
  • some operational aspects of the fee

In a first stage consultation, we asked for views on high-level principles and proposals to underpin and inform the registration fee model.

We also held separate consultations on a number of related subjects:

Updates to this page

Published 19 October 2017
Last updated 12 March 2019 + show all updates

  1. Added link to impact assessment.

  2. Published the government response to the consultation.

  3. First published.

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