Office for Students
(asked on 7th March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, the Office for Students has taken to encourage new providers to seek New Degree Awarding Powers (NDAPs) as an alternative to a market for validation services.
This question was answered on 21st March 2022
The Office for Students has offered the new degree awarding power’s (DAPs) application route since 2018. Full information on this is available here: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/regulation/degree-awarding-powers/.
Information about the new DAPs option for providers is also included in the regulatory framework, which was published in 2018.