Letter to accountable officers: Regulation during the current phase of the coronavirus pandemic
Last updated: 14 Jan 2021
PublicationUniversities should do all they can to deliver the teaching they have promised to students and alternative arrangements where this is not possible. This may include putting on extra lectures, repeating parts of the course, or fee refunds – the
Last updated: 14 Jan 2021
Press releaseNew guidance issued by the Office for Students (OfS) has outlined how we will continue to respond to students, staff at universities and members of the public who have concerns that a university may be breaching its registration conditions.
Last updated: 15 Dec 2020
Press releaseThe OfS receives and generates information about the sector as a whole and about individual providers’ performance and regulatory compliance. We were seeking views on the approach that we propose to take to the publication of information about
Last updated: 14 Dec 2020
PublicationWhat is the point of regulation? What do students and higher education providers want to see from the higher education regulator?
Last updated: 08 Dec 2020
Blog postThe OfS's latest analysis of degree classifications has been widely covered.
Last updated: 20 Nov 2020
Media coverageThe credibility and value of the qualifications awarded by higher education providers matters greatly to students, their families, employers and other stakeholders. And it matters too for the international reputation of the English higher education
Last updated: 19 Nov 2020
Blog postThe rapid increase in students receiving first class honours degrees which cannot be explained by factors which may affect attainment has slowed, new data from the Office for Students (OfS) shows.
Last updated: 19 Nov 2020
Press releaseThis report sets out the results of our analysis of changes in the proportion of first and upper second class degrees awarded between 2010-11 and 2018-19. We report on how graduate attainment has changed over this period, and the extent to which
Last updated: 18 Nov 2020
PublicationA consultation launched by the Office for Students (OfS) today sets out initial proposals to raise the bar on quality and standards in higher education.
Last updated: 17 Nov 2020
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