Section 10 Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic FreedomI1I2

In Schedule 1 to the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (the Office for Students), after paragraph 3 insert—

“The Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom

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(1)

The Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom (“the Free Speech Director”) is responsible for—

(a)

overseeing the performance of the OfS’s free speech functions,

(b)

performing, in accordance with paragraph 11, any of those functions, or other functions, of the OfS which are delegated to the Free Speech Director under that paragraph, and

(c)

reporting to the other members of the OfS on the performance of the OfS’s free speech functions.

(2)

For the purposes of this Schedule, the OfS’s “free speech functions” are—

(a)

its functions relating to monitoring and enforcing the registration conditions of registered higher education providers under section 8A, and

(b)

its functions under sections 69A to 69E and Schedule 6A.”