This is the fourth in the series of briefings on different elements of regulation by GuildHE which have previously looked at questions of burden, cost and overlap in Briefing 1; the legal underpinning and considering whether another approach is possible in Briefing 2; and regulating in the student interest in Briefing 3. This briefing considers world-class regulation and the final briefing will draw together a series of recommendations about the ideal regulatory framework in England on the basis of our reports.

As part of the GuildHE series on regulation we wanted to lift our gaze beyond simply looking at the regulatory landscape in English higher education to draw on some of the experiences from other sectors, other parts of the UK and globally, to seek to identify what world-class regulation looks like.