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Legal and Education Support for Colleges and Universities

Practical advice across the areas where colleges, universities and independent providers face the most risk: education compliance and registration, students and consumer law, and the partnerships and contracts behind your provision.

Education Compliance & Registration

Registered providers in England must meet the Office for Students’ conditions of registration on an ongoing basis, and Wales is introducing a new regulatory system under Medr. We help you understand what applies to you, show that you meet it, and respond well when the regulator gets in touch.

How We Help

  • OfS registration applications, including the initial conditions that apply to applications made from 28 August 2025
  • Reviews against the ongoing conditions, from quality and student outcomes to consumer protection and governance
  • Oversight of franchised and subcontracted provision, including Condition E10
  • Registration support for franchise delivery partners
  • Preparing for the proposed new Condition C6: treating students fairly
  • Governance and management conditions, including fit and proper person arrangements
  • Higher education delivered in further education colleges, including OfS requirements
  • Reportable events, regulator enquiries and investigations
  • Registration and compliance under Medr’s new regulatory system in Wales

Meet your conditions of registration, and show that you do.

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Students, Complaints & Consumer Law

How you treat students is under closer scrutiny than ever, from the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, the OfS and, since April 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority’s direct enforcement powers. We help you get policies, contracts and casework right.

How We Help

  • Complaints and academic appeals procedures that reflect the OIA’s Good Practice Framework
  • Student disciplinary, academic misconduct and fitness to practise processes
  • Harassment and sexual misconduct policies and investigations under Condition E6
  • Reasonable adjustments and disability-related duties
  • Student terms and conditions, course information and course changes
  • Consumer law reviews under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024

Fair processes, clear contracts and casework you can defend.

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Partnerships, Contracts & Procurement

Partnerships and contracts carry regulatory as well as commercial risk. We help you put agreements in place that protect students, your reputation and your registration.

How We Help

  • Franchise, validation and subcontracting agreements
  • Due diligence on delivery partners
  • International and transnational education partnerships
  • Whether the Procurement Act 2023 applies to you, and how to comply
  • Data sharing with partners, agents and suppliers
  • Subcontracting, funding and audit requirements
  • Supplier and service contracts

Agreements that protect students and your registration.

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Tell us what you are dealing with and we will suggest a sensible first step.

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