Update on Freedom of Speech Act
27 Feb 2025
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Understanding 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
Blog postHow can we support higher education providers to strive for excellence?
Our Head of Student Outcomes, Graeme Rosenberg, writes about what we’ve learned from evaluating the Teaching Excellence Framework.
27 Feb 2025
Blog postUpdate on Freedom of Speech Act
Our Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom gives an overview of the background and key changes to legislation, and next steps for our regulation of freedom of speech.
27 Feb 2025
Blog postMaking a significant and credible difference
Head of Student Equality and Welfare, Suzanne Carrie, spoke about our new regulation to protect students from harassment and sexual misconduct at a UUK conference on 13 February.
13 Feb 2025
Blog postThe ‘i’s have it: how student interest is driving our work
Our Director for Fair Access and Participation reflects on how ‘insight’, ‘input’, and ‘information’ are helping us better understand the student world and informing our work.
13 Feb 2025
Blog postWhat the OfS is doing to help universities and colleges ensure their long-term financial sustainability
Our Director of Regulation, Philippa Pickford, writes about the steps we’re taking to better understand the financial position of English higher education providers to protect students’ interests.
16 Jan 2025
Blog postWorking with providers to promote positive outcomes for students
Office for Students Head of Student Outcomes, Graeme Rosenberg, reflects on the ways in which providers and the OfS are using data to inform work on delivering positive outcomes for students.
12 Dec 2024
Blog postThe future of collaborative outreach
Our Director for Fair Access and Participation reflects on his recent speech at the UUK access, participation and student success conference, the OfS’s vision for the future of collaborative outreach and the theory of change that underpins it.
11 Dec 2024
Blog postUniversities fighting for their future must be bold and must be fast
As 72 per cent of institutions are forecast to go into the red, the head of the Office for Students calls for decisive action.
21 Nov 2024
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