SCHEDULE 6 English Higher Education Information: Designated Body

Part 1 Designation

Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (2017 c 29) | Legislation

Section 66 Part 1 Designation

Consultation prior to recommendation

(1) The OfS may consult in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) about whether there is a body that is suitable to be designated under this Schedule.

(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 be designated under this Schedule.

(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 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

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