Consultations and responses

UCISA distributes and considers consultations from Government departments and related organisations that affect its members , and where appropriate facilitates consultation within the community through our various communication channels to provide a response from UCISA that reflects the views of our entire user community.

This section of the website highights any consultations that are currently open and relevant to this community and gives details of the opportunities and mechanisms for contributing to the discussion.  There are also links to previous consultations and the responses that UCISA has made to these.

Activity in 2012

UCAS consultation: Qualifications Information Review (including UCAS Tariff)

UCAS consultation: Admissions Process Review 

Activity in 2011

UCISA submitted responses to the following consultations in 2011:

Putting Learners at the Centre 

UKBA consultation on the student immigration system

Public information about higher education: Consultation on changes to information published by institutions 

Higher Education: Students at the Heart of the System – White Paper (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

HMRC consultation on the implementation on an European Commission exemption on VAT on shared services.

Ongoing Digital Economy activity

UCISA has responded to a number of consultations on the Digital Economy Act since it was first raised by the then Department for Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in 2008. Although it is still being implemented, the Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport announced a review of the Act in late 2010. UCISA submitted evidence to the Committee but the inquiry was suspended pending the outcomes of legal action regarding the provisions of the Act. Although the initial review was completed earlier in the year, BT and TalkTalk have been given leave to appeal the ruling. Details of the current activity are given on the Digital Economy Act  section of the website. 

Further sources of information

In addition to UCISA's work reviewing legislation, JANET (UK) also monitor and the development of law and regulation as they apply to the operators of computer networks. Details of this work are published on their Legal and Regulatory webpage .