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<p>The published Impact Assessment for the Higher Education and Research Bill (<a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528005/bis-16-295-he-research-bill-detailed-impact-assessment.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528005/bis-16-295-he-research-bill-detailed-impact-assessment.pdf</a>)
shows the forecast impact of the reforms on the number of providers in the sector.
These figures are of course estimates but we would expect around 600 providers, including
both existing and new providers, to be entered in the register in the first year of
the Office for Students’ operation of the register, rising to some 800 within ten
years.</p>
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