OfS a university regulator?

Of course it is right to raise questions "over the suitability of the journalist and free schools advocate", Toby Young, to sit on the board of the OfS, but there are equally relevant questions not being asked (Department exaggerated Young`s qualifications for universities post,03/01/18). If indeed OfS is to be the "universities` regulator", how can a board including not only Young with his obvious lack of appropriate qualifications, but also an executive of a company linked to tax avoidance schemes, Boots, the boss of a law firm, and a former banker, be expected to deal with the many issues which have been raised about universities recently?

      Will this board does anyone really expect the problem of excessive pay at the top, and insufficient remuneration for lecturers just starting their careers, to be solved? Then there`s the small matter of entry qualifications, with an increase of 40% in unconditional offers, the use of Pre-U examinations in many public schools, instead of A-levels, and the lack of diversity among undergraduates. An OfS board with such members is very unlikely to be worried about the disproportionate numbers of 6th formers in the private sector being accepted for universities, let alone insist that only 7%, in line with the national average, be the maximum. As for universities being forced to publish their welfare and pay policies in their prospectuses, absolutely no chance!