Office for Students

The regulator for higher education in England.

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OfS strategy 2025 to 2030

How we will deliver risk-based regulation from 2025 to 2030

Sexual misconduct survey

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Read our proposals for treating students fairly

Latest news

OfS research finds nearly half of students do not have a good understanding of their free speech rights

28 May 2026

OfS collaborates with Advance HE to conduct research into how universities and colleges are using artificial intelligence

27 May 2026
News article
Building higher education pathways locally: Lessons from the OfS’s validation project with the Open University

27 May 2026
Blog post
OfS publishes new research into how it is perceived by universities and colleges

21 May 2026
Press release

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