Developing our future approach to quality assessment
5 Jun 2025
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What students can expect from new regulation on free speech and preventing harassment and sexual misconduct
As new requirements to secure free speech and protect students from harassment and sexual misconduct come into force for universities and colleges in England, the Office for Students’ (OfS’s) chief executive Susan Lapworth sets out what students can expect.
1 Aug 2025
Blog postIs higher education doing enough to support disabled students?
As we reflect on this year’s National Student Survey results, it seems many disabled students are still not receiving the same quality of experience as their peers.
30 Jul 2025
Blog postWhat we’re learning from our visits to universities and colleges
Susan Lapworth shares an update on our programme of visits to universities and colleges, what we’re hearing from students and staff, and how we’re using this insight to inform our work.
26 Jun 2025
Blog postStaff Q&As: Nike Gustave
Welcome to Starter for 10: our new Q&A series where we sit down for a 10-minute chat with the people behind the scenes of higher education regulation.
24 Jun 2025
Blog postTaking the UK’s digital workforce to the next level
As the funding for our programme to support postgraduate conversion courses in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science ends, we explore the programme’s impact to increase diversity and address digital skills gaps in the technology sector.
9 Jun 2025
Blog postEmbracing innovation in higher education: our approach to artificial intelligence
Our Director of Strategy and Delivery, Josh Fleming, explains our position on artificial intelligence.
5 Jun 2025
Blog postDeveloping our future approach to quality assessment
Our Head of Student Outcomes, Graeme Rosenberg, writes on how we’ve been developing our new approach to assessing the quality of education that students receive.
5 Jun 2025
Blog postEffective governance: in conversation with chairs
There are increasing demands being placed on governing bodies and real pressure on governance arrangements in the higher education sector. We recently held discussions with chairs of governing bodies for universities, further education colleges and specialist providers to find out more about effective governance for success.
29 Apr 2025
Blog postUnderstanding the impacts of targeted funding
Over the year since the OfS allocated funding in support of Level 4 and 5 courses, Alastair Wilson reflects on initial feedback from recipient institutions and the impacts they believe this funding is having on students, communities and regional economies.
8 Apr 2025
Blog postRegulation, higher education, and further education colleges
In his speech to the Association of Colleges (AoC) Higher Education Conference on 5 March, John Blake shared reflections on the critical role of colleges in higher education.
5 Mar 2025
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