This document sets out the decisions taken by the Office for Students (OfS) following analysis of responses to the consultation on student protection directions, held between 17 July and 11 September 2020.
Last updated: 31 Mar 2021
PublicationNew statistics by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show an increase in the number of students awarded a first class degree during the pandemic.
Last updated: 28 Jan 2021
Media coverageGuidance for providers about reportable events during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Last updated: 28 Jan 2021
PublicationWatch the presentation of our proposals for developing quality and standards.
Last updated: 26 Jan 2021
EventUniversities should do all they can to deliver the teaching they have promised to students and alternative arrangements where this is not possible. This may include putting on extra lectures, repeating parts of the course, or fee refunds – the Office for Students (OfS) has said today.
Last updated: 14 Jan 2021
Press releaseLetter to accountable officers: Regulation during the current phase of the coronavirus pandemic
Last updated: 14 Jan 2021
PublicationNew guidance issued by the Office for Students (OfS) has outlined how we will continue to respond to students, staff at universities and members of the public who have concerns that a university may be breaching its registration conditions.
Last updated: 15 Dec 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 approach to the publication of a decision to impose a monetary penalty.
Last updated: 15 Dec 2020
PublicationGuidance for registered providers
Last updated: 15 Dec 2020
PublicationWe were consulting on our requirements for reportable events. A reportable event is a standing requirement placed on each registered provider to report certain events or matters to the OfS. We were seeking views on the way we define a reportable event in the regulatory framework and on revised guidance to help providers to understand and meet the OfS’s reporting requirements.
Last updated: 15 Dec 2020
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