Over 100 universities and colleges have now had their ambitious new plans to tackle gaps between students from different backgrounds approved.
Last updated: 06 Oct 2019
Our newsNew experimental statistics on interactions between demographic characteristics could offer important insights on equality of opportunity for different groups of students.
Last updated: 25 Sep 2019
Press releaseThe Office for Students has responded to the Higher Education Policy Institute's report.
Last updated: 18 Sep 2019
Press releaseA number of newspapers covered universities’ plans to close equality gaps after the publication of the first access and participation plans under our bold new approach.
Last updated: 09 Sep 2019
Media coverageUniversities with the some of the highest entry requirements, including Oxford and Cambridge, have today published ambitious new plans to improve access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Last updated: 08 Sep 2019
Press releaseThe Office for Students (OfS) is funding a team led by the University of Exeter’s Centre for Social Mobility to help universities and colleges around the country generate stronger evidence of the impact of their work to reach out to disadvantaged
Last updated: 06 Aug 2019
Our newsOur chief executive, Nicola Dandridge writes for The Times
Last updated: 17 Jun 2019
Media coveragePhD student Katie Tyrrell, a member of the OfS mental health Challenge Competition panel, talks about her personal and academic experience of mental ill-health.
Last updated: 04 Jun 2019
Blog postThe University of Michigan has a ‘no excuses’ approach to ensuring that talented students from challenging backgrounds have the opportunity to succeed in higher education.
Last updated: 21 May 2019
Blog postBBC News and the Financial Times report on new proposals to broaden Oxford’s intake.
Last updated: 20 May 2019
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