style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Today, the Office for Students (OfS) publishes a new strategy that explains how it will strive to deliver exemplary regulation in the interest of students.]]>
OfS welcomes Chris Millward as interim Director for Fair Access and Participation
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students has welcomed the appointment by Ministers of Professor Chris Millward as interim Director for Fair Access and Participation. ]]>
Director for Fair Access and Participation steps down from regulator
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[John Blake's four-year term as the Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students (OfS) ends this year. The Secretary of State will be appointing an interim Director for Fair Access and Participation while an open and fair recruitment to the role takes place.]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The OfS is advising institutions with degree awarding powers on steps they should take to ensure that the classifications of degrees they award appropriately reflect the knowledge and skills of students. ]]>
Investigation into Fairfield School of Business and Bath Spa University
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[On 28 February 2025, the Office for Students (OfS) opened an investigation of Fairfield School of Business and Bath Spa University, specifically in relation to Bath Spa University students taught by Fairfield School of Business through a partnership between the providers. ]]>
OfS publishes student outcomes data for subcontracted courses
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has published new data that shows evidence of weaker outcomes for students taught under subcontractual arrangements.]]>
Supporting disabled students: OfS publishes considerations for universities and colleges
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has shared points for institutions to consider when reviewing the ways they support students with disabilities and improve their experiences of higher education.]]>
OfS publishes new data on the scale of sexual misconduct in English higher education
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[A survey of final-year undergraduate students across the country finds that nearly one quarter of those who responded have experienced sexual harassment since entering higher education. ]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has published a case report explaining its regulatory decisions following an investigation into the quality of business and management courses provided by Buckinghamshire New University.]]>
OfS proposes revised Teaching Excellence Framework to drive up the quality of education for students
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) is consulting on a new quality assessment system that would provide students with a clear view of the quality of teaching and learning delivered by every registered university and college.]]>
Student contract terms amended at a higher education provider following Trading Standards referral
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[SP Jain London School of Management (SPJ) has amended its student contract after the Office for Students (OfS) referred concerns about potentially unfair terms and conditions to National Trading Standards.]]>
OfS seeks senior leaders of universities and colleges to join new Provider Panel
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Our new Provider Panel will help shape future regulation in the interest of students. ]]>
OfS announces reforms to its registration tests to protect students and public money
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) is introducing new initial conditions of registration and changes to its application requirements, to ensure that only institutions that are ready to deliver high quality higher education and treat their students fairly are registered.]]>
Investigation into London School of Science and Technology and Buckinghamshire New University
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[On 21 May 2025, the Office for Students (OfS) opened an investigation into London School of Science and Technology and Buckinghamshire New University, specifically in relation to Buckinghamshire New University students taught by London School of Science and Technology through a partnersh
Spurgeon’s College to close its higher education courses
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Students at Spurgeon’s College in London have been told their higher education courses will be closed from today. ]]>
OfS business plan to drive benefits for students, universities and colleges and taxpayers
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has published its business plan for 2025-26. ]]>
OfS publishes proposals for tighter control of subcontractual arrangements in higher education
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) is proposing new requirements that would come into effect for an institution that has, or expects to have, 100 or more students registered on courses delivered through subcontractual arrangements in a given academic year. ]]>
UK students make their voices heard in the National Student Survey 2025
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Over 357,000 final-year students answered the call to feedback on their experiences of higher education.]]>
