Appointment of the Chair of the Office for Students Contents

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Contents

Terms of Reference

1 The recruitment process

Background

2 The position of the Chair

Role and person specification

Sir Michael Barber, the Government’s preferred candidate

Appendix 1: Posts which are subject to pre-appointment hearings before the Education Committee

Appendix 2: Correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Chair

Appendix 3: Details of the recruitment process

Appendix 4: Details of the candidate

Formal Minutes

Witness

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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22 February 2017