The OfS has four stated objectives that will guide its approach to regulation: - Objective 1: all students, from all backgrounds, are supported to access, succeed in, and progress from, [[higher education]]. - Objective 2: all students, from all backgrounds, receive a high-quality academic experience, and their qualifications hold their value over time in line with sector-recognised standards - Objective 3: that all students, from all backgrounds, have their interests as consumers protected while they study, including in the event of provider, campus, or course closure - Objective 4: that all students, from all backgrounds, receive [[value for money]] The objectives underpin the new focus which is explicitly different from the previous regulatory regime: - Students have interests as consumers – from the government’s perspective, they are buying degrees - All students should receive value for money – the value students perceive from their whole university experience will differ from what a university might consider to be the value they wish to create, and government’s perspective on the value of universities appears to focus solely on their impact on UK plc. ## Approach to regulation - eight providers now under investigation for poor quality provision (April 2023) ## Subsections - [[OfS Financial Oversight of Universities]]