The Office for Students (OfS) is consulting on new regulation to protect quality and standards in higher education in England. The new requirements will allow the OfS to intervene more frequently in universities and colleges where courses fall below expectations and require improvement.
Last updated: 20 Jul 2021
Press releaseThis document is an analysis of responses to our consultation on regulating quality and standards in higher education held between 17 November 2020 and 25 January 2021.
Last updated: 20 Jul 2021
PublicationWe undertook a preliminary consultation on a range of quality and standards issues during the winter of 2020-21. The current consultation takes forward some aspects of that consultation and makes more detailed proposals about new regulatory requirements.
Last updated: 20 Jul 2021
PublicationThe Office for Students (OfS) has set out how it will calculate a monetary penalty when it decides to impose a penalty on a university or college.
Last updated: 08 Jul 2021
Our newsRegulatory advice 19: The OfS’s approach to determining the amount of a monetary penalty - Guidance for providers registered with the Office for Students
Last updated: 08 Jul 2021
PublicationOur analysis of the responses to our monetary penalties consultation and our policy response.
Last updated: 08 Jul 2021
PublicationDetails of a consultation on a proposed new name for NCH at Northeastern Limited.
Last updated: 17 Jun 2021
PublicationAs we develop our next set of proposals for regulating quality and standards, director of regulation Susan Lapworth explains what to expect, and sets out the action we’re already taking to maintain the high-quality courses and rigorous standards that students expect and deserve.
Last updated: 10 Jun 2021
Blog postWe are committed to keeping unnecessary regulatory burden to a minimum, but are we succeeding? Nicola Dandridge discusses the progress we have made so far, and what we will do next.
Last updated: 18 May 2021
Blog postFree speech and academic freedom are fundamental to university and college culture. Susan Lapworth, OfS director of regulation, discusses how all students and staff should be supported to have open and honest debate.
Last updated: 17 May 2021
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