Policy paper

Higher Education and Research Act 2017: post-legislative scrutiny

A memorandum providing an assessment of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA).

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 15 December 2022

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Documents

Post-legislative scrutiny of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (print version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3787-9, E02826147 12/22, CP 761

PDF, 695 KB, 69 pages

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Post-legislative scrutiny of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (web version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3787-9, E02826147 12/22, CP 761

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Details

This assessment of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 has been prepared by DfE and BEIS for the Education Select Committee as part of the post-legislative scrutiny process.

The legislation introduced:

• the Office for Students to regulate and oversee higher education in England 
• UK Research and Innovation to support and fund research and innovation in the UK