This document provides guidance for registered providers about how the OfS will approach the regulation of quality and standards matters during the period of disruption resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This guidance is in place until further notice.
Last updated: 03 Apr 2020
PublicationFinal evaluation of learning gain pilot projects - independent report to the OfS by King’s College London. This evaluation focuses on the remit of the pilot projects: to test and evaluate the different methodologies currently used to measure and assess learning in higher education, and the suitability and potential scalability of these methods in England.
Last updated: 12 Jul 2019
PublicationEvaluation of the National Mixed Methods Learning Gain Project (NMMLGP) and student perceptions of learning gain - To understand the plans and processes to recruit students to participate; to identify approaches and practices; to identify opportunities and challenges; to understand students’ experiences and opinions of the NMMLGP; to identify issues and considerations for scaling up to a sector-wide approach.
Last updated: 12 Jul 2019
PublicationThe HELGA strand of the learning gain programme assessed whether or not it is possible to use administrative data to measure learning gain. This body of work explains the various avenues that have been explored and the results of these analyses.
Last updated: 12 Jul 2019
PublicationChanges in graduate attainment from 2010-11 to 2017-18
Last updated: 11 Jul 2019
PublicationThe OfS responds to the Secretary of State for Education’s announcement of a review of Level 4 and 5 qualifications.
Last updated: 08 Jul 2019
Press releaseThere’s some coverage of TEF following the Year 4 announcements.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2019
Media coverageOffice for Students announces results of TEF 2019
Last updated: 19 Jun 2019
Press releaseDegree apprenticeships are growing significantly and offer a route to increased social mobility, but more work is needed to realise their potential.
Last updated: 08 Mar 2019
Press releaseDegree apprenticeships provide an alternative route to a higher education qualification, with on-the-job learning and a salary instead of tuition fees. So why is this option so little known? Why do relatively few learners take it up? And can we expect this to change?
Last updated: 08 Mar 2019
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