OfS consultation on the integrity and stability of the English higher education sector. This consultation addresses issues that have arisen, and have the potential to arise, because of specific circumstances relating to the impact of the coronavirus
Last updated: 02 May 2020
PublicationThe Sunday Times and iNews report on the extended moratorium on unconditional offers.
Last updated: 06 Apr 2020
Media coverageThe Office for Students (OfS) is announcing today that it is refocusing its regulatory requirements on universities, colleges and other higher education providers to prioritise the response to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Last updated: 26 Mar 2020
Press releaseA letter with more detailed information about the regulatory requirements we have suspended and the specific information we need from providers.
Last updated: 25 Mar 2020
PublicationThe Times and the BBC report on the announcement that universities and colleges should stop making unconditional offers for two weeks.
Last updated: 24 Mar 2020
Media coverageThe Times Higher Education reports on the court ruling that the OfS decision to block loan access at Bloomsbury Institute over quality concerns was lawful.
Last updated: 12 Mar 2020
Media coverageThe Office for Students (OfS) acted entirely within the law in refusing the registration application of Bloomsbury Institute Limited, the High Court has ruled.
Last updated: 12 Mar 2020
Press releaseThe Office for Students has refused the registration application of London Vocational College Limited following a rigorous process of assessment and evaluation.
Last updated: 06 Mar 2020
Press releaseWe were seeking views on our proposed approach to the use of our powers to impose monetary penalties on a higher education provider that breaches its conditions of registration with the Office for Students. We were also seeking views on our proposed
Last updated: 03 Mar 2020
PublicationThe Office for Students (OfS) has set out its proposed approach to the use of a monetary penalty where a university, college or other higher education provider is judged to have breached a condition of registration.
Last updated: 03 Mar 2020
Our newsDescribe your experience of using this website