This briefing note explains the statutory framework for quality and standards and its implications for how quality and standards assessment functions are performed by the Office for Students (OfS) or any designated body.
Last updated: 26 Jan 2023
PublicationThe Office for Students (OfS) has today published a summary of its triennial report on the performance of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) in its role as the designated quality body (DQB).
Last updated: 26 Jan 2023
Our newsThe Office for Students has commented on the latest statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
Last updated: 19 Jan 2023
Press release‘Students will not have a high quality education if that education is not grounded in freedom of expression.’ Our chief executive, Susan Lapworth, explains how free speech is essential for quality and equality of opportunity in higher education.
Last updated: 11 Jan 2023
Blog postThe Office for Students (OfS) has imposed a fine of £37,231 on the University of Buckingham after it failed to meet the deadline for submitting its signed audited financial statements for the year ended 2019.
Last updated: 22 Dec 2022
Press releaseThere’s substantial coverage of a new OfS Insight event on freedom of speech.
Last updated: 15 Dec 2022
Media coverageThis brief summarises some key points before outlining the legal and regulatory framework within which universities and colleges must make decisions about matters relating to freedom of speech.
Last updated: 14 Dec 2022
PublicationThis briefing note sets out the OfS’s approach to regulating quality and standards.
Last updated: 08 Dec 2022
PublicationSusan Lapworth, the OfS’s chief executive, argues that focusing quality assessment on core academic matters means focusing on the things that matter to students.
Last updated: 06 Dec 2022
Blog postA new partnership between the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), and National Trading Standards will help protect students at universities and colleges across England.
Last updated: 24 Nov 2022
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