Commission report calls for private sector regulation

By John Morgan. Private providers, including universities’ own offshoots, have been pinpointed as a major risk to English higher education in a new report. The report by the Higher Education Commission, published tomorrow, warns that “proper regulation” of the sector is needed to capture all higher education providers. It appears to highlight the risks posed not just by unknown new providers, but by private subsidiary colleges set up by universities. England’s funding council has previously warned that such offshoots could evade requirements to take part in Key Information Sets and subscribe to the Quality Assurance Agency. Read more...