OfS sets out plans for change following Sussex lessons learned exercise
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The OfS has set out a range of commitments for improvement after a judicial review between the OfS and the University of Sussex found in favour of the university. ]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The survey will help us to understand what is driving approaches to developing and improving quality for institutions of all types and sizes, and how this is influenced by OfS regulation.]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Today, the Office for Students launches a new complaints scheme, offering an important route to resolution for members of staff and visiting speakers whose free speech and academic freedom rights have been infringed.]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Irshad Trust has changed the terms in its student contracts, course descriptions, and other student-facing materials after the Office for Students (OfS) raised concerns with National Trading Standards.]]>
British Academy of Jewellery to close its higher education courses
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Students at British Academy of Jewellery (BAJ) in London and its campuses in Birmingham, Leicester and Sheffield have been told their higher education courses will be closed from today.]]>
Supporting a fair admissions process
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Ahead of the confirmation and clearing period in the 2026 admissions cycle, the Office for Students (OfS) highlights its support of sector guidance on the use of unconditional conditional offer making.]]>
OfS publishes rules and updates guidance ahead of freedom of speech complaints scheme launch
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has published rules for a new freedom of speech complaints scheme which opens on 1 September. ]]>
OfS simplifies its requirements for further education colleges to minimise regulatory burden
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Following a consultation, the Office for Students (OfS) is streamlining the way it regulates further education colleges (FECs) while continuing to ensure the interests of students on higher education courses at colleges are protected.]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Nearly three quarters (71.8 per cent) of eligible final-year undergraduates across the four nations made their voices heard in the annual higher education experience survey.]]>
The Office for Students receives funding guidance for 2026-27
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has received guidance from the government which sets out the Strategic Priorities Grant funding available for distribution in 2026-27.]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Following a consultation, the Office for Students is introducing a new quality assessment system to provide students with a clear view of the quality of teaching and learning delivered by every registered university and college.]]>
OfS research finds over eight in ten students are satisfied with their accommodation
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Independent research published by the OfS finds that undergraduate students in their first year of university or college are largely positive about their accommodation. It suggests that accommodation costs were a significant factor in deciding where to study for most students, and that s
Office for Students publishes new data on Prevent
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[New data from the Office for Students (OfS) finds that, while the number of individual potential radicalisation cases managed by institutions overall has declined slightly, formal referrals to Prevent have increased by nearly 50 per cent.]]>
Investigation into Global Banking School Limited and Oxford Brookes University
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[On 9 January 2026 the Office for Students (OfS) opened an investigation of Global Banking School Limited and Oxford Brookes University, specifically in relation to Oxford Brookes University students taught by Global Banking School Limited through a partnership between the providers.]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[New independent research published by the Office for Students shows that students value their freedom of speech but worry about the social and academic consequences of raising controversial topics. ]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) and Advance HE have launched a shared research project to better understand how institutions are responding to the opportunities and risks artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing to higher education.]]>
OfS publishes new research into how it is perceived by universities and colleges
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has published the results of its stakeholder survey, providing insights into how it is viewed by senior leaders of universities, colleges and specialist institutions.]]>
University of Sussex judicial review
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has confirmed that it will not seek to appeal a judicial review which found in favour of the University of Sussex on several grounds.]]>
