The Office for Students is conducting an investigation into a franchise partnership between Global Banking School (GBS) and Oxford Brookes University.
In an update released on 3 June, the English university regulator said an investigation was opened on 9 January and would look at students registered with Oxford Brookes but taught by the private provider as part of a franchise agreement.
Specifically, the OfS is investigating whether the courses delivered by GBS on behalf of Oxford Brookes are of “high quality” and whether the institutions have effective management and governance arrangements in place.
It will also consider whether the universities have complied with several of the regulator’s conditions of registration, which include ensuring students are being assessed effectively.
The OfS said its decision to open an investigation means it has “identified potential concerns that require further scrutiny” but does not mean that “any form of non-compliance or wrongdoing has taken place”.
