OfS analysis finds continued pressure on university finances
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The OfS’s annual financial sustainability report shows that the financial performance of universities and colleges is forecast to decline in 2024-25 for the third consecutive year. ]]>
Trading Standards referral leads to changed terms in student contract at higher education provider
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The London School of Science and Technology (LSST) has amended its student contract after the Office for Students (OfS) referred concerns about potentially unfair terms and conditions to National Trading Standards.]]>
Changes to transnational education and partnership data collection
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Our revised approach to transnational education (TNE) and partnerships data collection will now collect data using the expanded aggregate offshore record (AOR), pause the implementation of individualised records for TNE students, and ask institutions with new award-only partnerships to s
Applied Business Academy: investigation finds serious concerns
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Only six per cent of student placements offered as part of Applied Business Academy’s (ABA) Diploma in Education and Teaching course were suitable, an Office for Students (OfS) investigation has found. ]]>
University of Sussex fined £585,000 for free speech and governance breaches
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has fined the University of Sussex £585,000 after an investigation found the university’s governing documents failed to uphold freedom of speech and academic freedom, as well as failings in the university’s management and governance processes. ]]>
Sunday Times franchising investigation – media response
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The OfS has responded to a Sunday Times investigation into subcontracted higher education provision.]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Applications will be accepted in August 2025, with priority for assessment given to institutions with existing applications that were paused last year. ]]>
Preferred candidate for OfS chair
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Department for Education has announced that Professor Edward Peck is the government’s preferred candidate to be the new chair of the Office for Students (OfS). ]]>
New funding awards for innovative equality of opportunity projects
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Eleven collaborative projects which seek to promote equality of opportunity in higher education have been awarded funding from the Office for Students (OfS). ]]>
OfS to conduct enhanced monitoring of the University of Bolton
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has decided to conduct enhanced monitoring of the University of Bolton after finding the university in breach of an OfS condition of registration relating to quality. ]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Open for consultation until 23 April 2025, the new initial conditions and registration requirements would be used to assess providers registering with the Office for Students (OfS).]]>
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[On 29 November 2024, the Office for Students (OfS) opened an investigation in relation to Brit College Limited. ]]>
Independent review of Data Futures programme published
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The report highlights a range of issues and challenges encountered during implementation of the first Data Futures data collection and sets out recommendations for the next phase of the programme.]]>
Statement on government’s free speech announcement
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The government has announced decisions on free speech legislation. ]]>
OfS to conduct enhanced monitoring of University of Bedfordshire
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has decided to conduct enhanced monitoring of the University of Bedfordshire after finding the university in breach of a condition of registration relating to quality. ]]>
OfS sets out its vision for the next five years with new strategy proposals
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[Today, the Office for Students (OfS) publishes proposals for a new strategy for 2025-30 that sets out a sharper purpose for the regulator: it will ensure that students from all backgrounds benefit from high quality higher education, delivered by a diverse, sustainable sector that continu
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has found that the University of Wolverhampton breached one of its quality conditions. ]]>
OfS announces temporary changes to allow greater focus on financial sustainability
style="text-indent: 2em; "<![CDATA[The Office for Students (OfS) has set out temporary changes to its approach to registering institutions, granting degree awarding powers and applications for university title to allow a greater focus on the financial sustainability of the sector and individual institutions. ]]>
