Part 1The Office for Students

Efficiency studies etc

69Studies for improving economy, efficiency and effectiveness

1

The OfS may arrange for studies designed to improve economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the management or operations of a registered higher education provider to be promoted or carried out by a person.

2

A person promoting or carrying out such studies at the request of the OfS (“a researcher”) may require the governing body of the provider concerned—

a

to provide the researcher or an authorised person with such information as the researcher may reasonably require for that purpose, and

b

to make available for inspection, to the researcher or an authorised person, their accounts and such other documents as the researcher may reasonably require for that purpose.

3

“Authorised person” means a person authorised by the researcher.