2 General duties
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (2017 c 29) | Legislation

2  General duties

(1)     In performing its functions, the OfS must have regard to—

(a)     the need to protect the institutional autonomy of English higher education providers,

[(aa)     the need to promote the importance of freedom of speech within the law in the provision of higher education by English higher education providers,

(ab)     the need to protect the academic freedom of academic staff at English higher education providers,]

(b)     the need to promote quality, and greater choice and opportunities for students, in the provision of higher education by English higher education providers,

(c)     the need to encourage competition between English higher education providers in connection with the provision of higher education where that competition is in the interests of students and employers, while also having regard to the benefits for students and employers resulting from collaboration between such providers,

(d)     the need to promote value for money in the provision of higher education by English higher

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