Quality and standards - Office for Students

Regulatory guidance

Short guides

How we regulate quality and standards

An introduction to the way we regulate and assess quality and standards

Student outcomes

Requirements for delivering positive student outcomes

Assessing registered providers

How we assess providers that are already registered

Assessing providers applying to register

How we assess providers applying to register

Degree awarding powers

Introduction to degree awarding powers and how to apply for them

Retaining assessed work

Guide to retaining records of students' assessed work

Graduate Outcomes survey

Information about the survey for providers

National Student Survey

Guide to the survey, including survey results

Regulating student awards

How we monitor the credibility of degrees

The TEF

About the TEF

Introduction to the Teaching Excellence Framework

TEF 2023 ratings

Explore ratings from the 2023 exercise

TEF branding 2023

Branding guidelines for the 2023 exercise

TEF enhancement resources

Examples of excellence from the 2023 exercise

Latest on quality and standards

OfS reports on the potentially inflationary effect of degree classification algorithms on students’ grades

6 Nov 2025

Degree awarding powers assessment report for Royal Northern College of Music

05 Jan 2026
Publication
Investigation into University of Greater Manchester

04 Dec 2025
Press release
The impact of the Office for Students' quality assessments on the wider higher education sector

19 Nov 2025
Publication

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