Past consultations
Office for Students Strategy for 2025 to 2030
The EPC response to this consultation can be viewed here. The Office for Students in consulting on a new strategy for 2025 to 2030. The OfS published its last strategy...
Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee inquiry into āInnovation, growth and the regionsā
The EPC response to this consultation can be foundĀ here. The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee is launching an inquiry into āInnovation, growth and the regionsā to assess the role...
Department for Education (DfE) Curriculum and Assessment Review - call for evidence
The EPC response to this consultation can be foundĀ here. The DfE are seeking views from stakeholders to share their perspective on potential improvements to the curriculum and assessment system. The...
Engineers 2030 consultation
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The Engineering Professors' Council, in collaboration with our Engineers Without Borders UK partners, invites you to contribute to the National...
Education Committee inquiry into International students in English universities
The EPC response to this consultation is available here. The Education Committee has launched an inquiry into international students in English universities. The inquiry will examine the changes in numbers...
Office for Students consultation on the approach to public grant funding
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The OfS is considering how the Regulator should use funding made available by government to benefit students, taxpayers and the...
IfATE Lifelong Learning Entitlement Consultation
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education is consulting on how the employer stamp of approval should be granted to...
DfE Advanced British Standard consultation
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to introduce Ā a new Baccalaureate-style qualification framework for 16 to 19 year-olds, the...
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) Apprenticeship Public Survey
The EPC did not respond to this consultation. IfATE has launched an Apprenticeship Public Survey for Engineering & Manufacturing. The survey relates to apprenticeship materials across seven routes (including Business...
OfS call for evidence on positive outcomes for students studying on a modular basis
The EPC position on this consultation can be found here. The Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE) will be introduced for the 2025-26 academic year enabling student loan support for individual modules....
OfS invitation to feedback on the Equality of Opportunity Risk Register
The OfSā invites feedback on the Equality of Opportunity Risk Register. This is an unstructured call with no official deadline The EPC has previously warned the OfS that the EORR...
OfS consultation on inclusion of Higher Technical Qualifications in student outcome measures
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The Office for Students (OfS) is consulting on the introduction of a separate āsplit indicatorā for higher technical qualifications (HTQs)...
Research Excellence Framework 2028
In June 2023, the four UK higher education funding bodies published key decisions on the high-level design of the next research assessment exercise. The EPC's Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer...
DfE call for evidence on Generative AI in education
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The Department for Education (DfE) published a position on generative AI in education in March and have now issued a...
House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee Inquiry into the Office for Students (OfS)
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee is launching an inquiry into the Office for Students (OfS), the regulator...