This document provided guidance for registered providers about how the Office for Students (OfS) approached the regulation of student protection during the period of disruption resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This guidance
Last updated: 08 Jun 2020
PublicationThis guidance outlines the process for payment of annual registration fees by providers with specific timings and information for the 2024-25 registration year (1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025).
Last updated: 06 May 2020
PublicationThe Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC News and Wonkhe cover our planned new condition to protect students’ interests during the coronavirus pandemic.
Last updated: 03 May 2020
Media coverageThe Office for Students (OfS) has today warned that it could impose substantial financial penalties on universities and colleges that change their admissions strategies because of financial pressures related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Last updated: 03 May 2020
Press releaseOfS consultation on the integrity and stability of the English higher education sector. This consultation addresses issues that have arisen, and have the potential to arise, because of specific circumstances relating to the impact of the coronavirus
Last updated: 02 May 2020
PublicationThe Sunday Times and iNews report on the extended moratorium on unconditional offers.
Last updated: 06 Apr 2020
Media coverageThe Office for Students (OfS) is announcing today that it is refocusing its regulatory requirements on universities, colleges and other higher education providers to prioritise the response to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Last updated: 26 Mar 2020
Press releaseA letter with more detailed information about the regulatory requirements we have suspended and the specific information we need from providers.
Last updated: 25 Mar 2020
PublicationThe Times and the BBC report on the announcement that universities and colleges should stop making unconditional offers for two weeks.
Last updated: 24 Mar 2020
Media coverageThe Times Higher Education reports on the court ruling that the OfS decision to block loan access at Bloomsbury Institute over quality concerns was lawful.
Last updated: 12 Mar 2020
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