Sir Michael Barber discusses the need to improve fair access, and Nicola Dandridge talks about unconditional offers and, in a separate interview, student transfers.
15 August
Sir Michael Barber, Chair of the Office for Students (OfS), writes in The TelegraphExternal link (Opens in a new tab or window) today on the need for universities to improve fair access, and the support we offer to students of accurate information, advice and guidance.
Chief Executive of the OfS Nicola Dandridge talks about unconditional offers on the Today programme; she is quoted in the BBC’s pieceExternal link (Opens in a new tab or window) on A-level results day. Her interview was also used on BBC Radio 5 Live.
She is also interviewed for an article in The TimesExternal link (Opens in a new tab or window), where she says that the OfS will use its full powers to ensure universities are sufficiently enabling students to transfer to other providers.
In The TelegraphExternal link (Opens in a new tab or window), Universities Minister Jo Johnson discusses the setup of the OfS in relation to access and participation. An accompanying front page news pieceExternal link (Opens in a new tab or window) quotes from both his and Sir Michael's articles.
16 August
The i NewsExternal link (Opens in a new tab or window) reports a ‘crack-down’ by the OfS on unconditional offers.
The TelegraphExternal link (Opens in a new tab or window) also reports on how the OfS is ‘poised to intervene’, featuring comments from yesterday’s Today programme (see above). These comments are also featured in a separate articleExternal link (Opens in a new tab or window) in the paper about how more students than ever are going straight to clearing.