Part 1 Designation

SCHEDULE 4 Assessing Higher Education: Designated Body

Section 27

Part 1 Designation

Consultation prior to recommendation

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(1)     The OfS may consult in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) about whether there is a body that is suitable to perform the assessment functions.

(2)     The Secretary of State may direct the OfS to consult in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) about whether there is a body that is suitable to perform the assessment functions.

(3)     The OfS consults in accordance with this sub-paragraph if it consults—

(a)     a number of registered higher education providers that, taken together, appear to the OfS to comprise a broad range of the different types of such providers,

(b)     a number of persons that, taken together, appear to the OfS to represent, or promote the interests of, a broad range of students on higher education courses provided in England by registered higher education providers,

(c)     a number of persons that, taken together, appear to the OfS to represent, or promote the interests of, a broad range of employers of graduates, and

(d)     such other persons as the OfS considers appropriate.

Recommendation

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(1)     This paragraph applies where the OfS has consulted in accordance

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