Past consultations
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Teaching Excellence Framework. Technical consultation for year 2
This consultation ran from May to July 2016. This consultation sought to attain views on the detailed proposals for the operation of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) in year 2,...
OfQual AS and A Level Electronics consultation on Conditions and Guidance
This consultation ran from February to March 2016. This consultation is about the rules and guidance we plan to put in place for new GCSEs, AS and A levels in...
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Higher education: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice
This consultation ran from November 2015 to January 2016. This green paper sets out proposals to change the higher education landscape. The Department for Business. Innovation and Skills sought to...
OfQual AS and A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics consultation on Conditions and Guidance
This consultation ran from December 2015 to January 2016. This consultation is about the rules and guidance we need to put in place for new AS and A levels in...
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry on the influence of EU membership on UK science
This call for evidence ran from September 2015 to November 2015. The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee, under the Chairmanship of Lord Selborne, conducted an inquiry into...
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Inquiry into quality assessment in Higher Education
The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee launched an inquiry into quality assessment in Higher Education (HE). The inquiry looked into proposed changes to quality assessment in universities and the...
HEFCE: Future Approaches to Quality Assessment
This consultation ran from June to August 2015. This consultation sought to attain views on the proposals of the three higher education (HE) funding bodies in England, Wales and Northern...
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry on the science budget
The Science and Technology Committee undertook an inquiry into the Science Budget, and to report ahead of the Spending Review. The committee began by taking oral evidence in July 2015...
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Postgraduate study: student loans and other support
This consultation ran from March to May 2015. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills sought to attain views on a proposed loan system for postgraduate taught master’s students. Under...
Royal Academy of Engineering: Dowling Review of Business University Collaboration
A review examining how government can support the devlelopment of more effective collaborations between business and university researchers in he UK.
HEFCE: The future of quality assessment in Higher Education
The higher education funding bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland invited views on the future of quality assessment in higher education. This first stage sought to attain views on...
OfQual: The assessment of practical work in GCSE science
This consultation sets out proposals for how practical work in new GCSE science qualifications due to be taught from 2016 should be assessed. This is a consultation about the assessment...
HM Treasury and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Science and Innovation Strategy 2014
Long term strategy to make the UK the best place in the world for science and business.
UNIVERSITIES UK: Student funding panel
The reforms to higher education aimed to put students at the heart of the system and ensure quality and value for money for students. The Panel will be considering the...
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION AND SKILLS: proposals for long-term capital investment
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills' ambition is to make the UK the best place in the world to do science and research. This is why the government is...