We’re all in favour of regulatory transparency.
Yesterday’s release of four sets of “operational measures” from the Office for Students, should – therefore – be a cause for celebration. It’s a welcome extension to the kind of thing we used to grab from the Chief Executive’s update in the board papers – and the first step in the National Audit Office recommended revamp of key performance measures.
At last – we get details on how long it takes for everything from reportable events to new degree awarding powers to get resolved – and how many instances of each the regulator deals with. Good, sensible, news.
And yet somehow OfS has contrived to shoot itself in the foot again.
