Office for Students

Office for Students
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2018
Preceding agencies
TypeNon-departmental public body
JurisdictionEngland
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • David Behan, Interim Chair
  • Susan Lapworth, Chief Executive
Parent departmentDepartment for Education
Websitewww.officeforstudents.org.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The Office for Students (OfS) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Education of the United Kingdom Government. It acts as the regulator and competition authority for the higher education sector in England.[1]

  1. ^ "Office for Students Framework Document" (PDF). Office for Students. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018. The OfS is a non-Departmental public body of the Department, established by the Act to fulfil a role as the main regulator of higher education in England.