Office for Students

(asked on 17th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that students' views are represented on the board of the Office for Students.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 25th January 2018

The Office for Students’ (OfS) central mission is to operate in the interests of student and its statutory duties reflect this. We will expect all members of the Board to engage with students to ensure they understand the issues that they face and have these as considerations when making decisions. However, to further strengthen the voice of students on the Board, the Higher Education and Research Act made provision for there to be at least one member of the Board with experience of representing or promoting student interests.

There is currently an interim student representative on the Board, who is also a full member of the Student Panel. The OfS’s Student Panel has been set up to advise the board and senior team of the OfS. It has thirteen members and this membership includes current undergraduate and postgraduate students, part-time and international students, prospective students and recent graduates. They will bring a diverse range of views and perspectives to bear on the work of the OfS.

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