Next steps for student data collection
Letter to accountable officers at providers on the next steps for the Data Futures programme.
Last updated: 03 Mar 2025
PublicationAll information about finance and funding
OfS publishes proposals for new initial conditions of registration to better protect students and speed up registration process
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).
Last updated: 06 Feb 2025
Press releaseConsultation on reforms to OfS registration requirements
The OfS is reviewing its approach to assessing providers seeking registration.
Last updated: 06 Feb 2025
PublicationWhat the OfS is doing to help universities and colleges ensure their long-term financial sustainability
Our Director of Regulation, Philippa Pickford, writes about the steps we’re taking to better understand the financial position of English higher education providers to protect students’ interests.
Last updated: 16 Jan 2025
Blog postUniversities fighting for their future must be bold and must be fast
As 72 per cent of institutions are forecast to go into the red, the head of the Office for Students calls for decisive action.
Last updated: 21 Nov 2024
Blog post‘Bold and transformative action’ needed to address financial sustainability – OfS
An update to financial modelling from the Office for Students (OfS) has found continued pressures on the higher education sector in England.
Last updated: 15 Nov 2024
Press releaseFinancial sustainability of higher education providers in England: November 2024 update
This report provides an update on the financial sustainability of higher education institutions, six months on from the annual report we published in May.
Last updated: 15 Nov 2024
PublicationHESES24 training webinars
A series of webinars for providers completing the Higher Education Students Early Statistics (HESES) data return in 2024.
Last updated: 04 Oct 2024
EventHigher Education Students Early Statistics survey 2024-25
This document provides guidance on the data that providers must return to the OfS if they are registered (or have applied to register) in the Approved (fee cap) category and are seeking OfS funding for the 2025-26 academic year.
Last updated: 16 Sep 2024
PublicationHESES24: multiplication factors representations process guidance
This guidance sets out the full requirements for representations to be considered.
Last updated: 16 Sep 2024
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