Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
The University is responsible for maintaining compliance with CMA guidance to Higher Education Institutions on consumer protection legislation, to ensure that it complies with relevant legislation and the Office for Students (OfS) 'C' conditions of registration.
University point of contact: Caroline Roberts, Head of Legal Services and Deputy Director of General Counsel and Governance Services (GCGC) - C.roberts@sussex.ac.uk
For any questions about CMA compliance, please contact an AQP Curriculum Manager for further guidance.
Support available: Advice and guidance.
Relevant webpage(s):
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/adqe/curriculum/cmacompliance
Compliance indicators:
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You understand your responsibilities to provide accurate, accessible and timely published information to students and applicants. |
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You are aware of and have disseminated the link to the Database and CMA Handbookwithin your Faculty or PS Division. |
The CMA handbook contains information to help you understand what might relate to CMA compliance and includes the following information:
- Guidance around how to remain CMA compliant when approving course and module changes, and when adding these changes to the database.
- Guidance around assessing if a change is ‘material’ or not.
- A list of key contacts, outlining responsibility for decision-making and for maintaining information in the database.
- A summary of timelines and processes associated with making changes to courses and modules.
- A step-by-step instruction guide for making changes in the database.
- A set of Frequently Asked Questions for making changes to courses and modules, whilst remaining CMA compliant.