Quality: where are we now? - Office for Students
Susan 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 postAll information about registering with the OfS
New OfS-National Trading Standards partnership to protect students’ rights as consumers - Office for Students
A 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
Press releaseOfS sets out next steps in ensuring courses are delivering positive outcomes for students - Office for Students
The Office for Students (OfS) has today published further information about the areas it will prioritise to select courses and higher education providers for assessment of student outcomes in relation to its revised condition B3.
Last updated: 18 Nov 2022
Press releasePreventing fraud on campus - Office for Students
How might higher education providers be vulnerable to fraud, and what they should be doing to protect themselves and taxpayers? David Smy considers the issues.
Last updated: 17 Oct 2022
Blog postOfS sets out arrangements for assessing quality and standards from April 2023 - Office for Students
The Office for Students (OfS) will undertake a number of assessment activities that are currently delivered by the designated quality body, the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), on an interim basis from April 2023.
Last updated: 13 Oct 2022
Our newsProposed new name for Newman University - Office for Students
Details of a consultation on a proposed new name for Newman University.
Last updated: 28 Sep 2022
PublicationConsultation on publication of information about higher education providers: Analysis of responses and decision - Office for Students
We consulted on publication of information about higher education providers in a consultation that ran from 15 December 2020 to 12 March 2021 and a supplementary consultation that ran from 12 May to 9 June 2022. In this document we identify and
Last updated: 28 Sep 2022
PublicationCondition F1 – Transparency 2022 information: Specification and publication guidance - Office for Students
This document provides details of the publication requirements for, and the specifications and methodology used by the Office for Students (OfS) in the preparation of the Transparency 2022 information.
Last updated: 07 Sep 2022
PublicationConsultation on a new approach to regulating equality of opportunity - Office for Students
An event to provide information about our consultation on a new approach to regulating equality of opportunity in higher education.
Last updated: 07 Sep 2022
EventNew OfS investigations to examine credibility of degrees - Office for Students
The Office for Students (OfS) has opened investigations at three higher education providers to examine the reasons for sharp increases in the rates of students being awarded first class and upper second class honours degrees.
Last updated: 01 Sep 2022
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