Universities and colleges are set to face stricter registration requirements by the higher education regulator, in a bid to tackle sexual harassment and misconduct.
The Office for Students (OfS) plans to consult on a new condition of registration early next year, which means it could be in place before the start of the next academic year.
Colleges and universities risk losing their registration with the OfS if they fail to meet the new requirement.
The requirement is set to be introduced after an evaluation of the OfS ‘statement of expectations’ found that there were serious shortfalls in how colleges and universities were tackling sexual violence.
