OfS response to House of Commons Education Committee Report: Value for money in higher education - Office for Students
The OfS responds to the committee's report on value for money.
Last updated: 05 Nov 2018
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The Times: Top university staff face tighter vetting - Office for Students
The Times reports on guidance we plan to issue to higher education providers about ‘fit and proper person’ tests before senior university appointments are made.
Last updated: 30 Oct 2018
Media coverageHaving regard to institutional autonomy - Office for Students
The autonomy of universities and colleges is vital - but not absolute, explains Susan Lapworth. This and other tensions must be carefully balanced as the OfS regulates in students’ interests.
Last updated: 25 Oct 2018
Blog postMonitoring outcomes: OFFA access agreements and HEFCE funding for widening access - Office for Students
This document presents the outcomes from the monitoring of access agreements and funding for widening access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, improving retention and improving provision for disabled students for 2016-17.
Last updated: 30 Sep 2018
PublicationOffice for Students publishes new Prevent monitoring framework - Office for Students
A new, strengthened approach to monitoring how higher education providers are carrying out the ‘Prevent duty’ will bring a sharper focus on those at risk of not complying.
Last updated: 11 Sep 2018
Press releasePrevent duty: Framework for monitoring in higher education in England 2018-19 onwards - Office for Students
This monitoring framework sets out how the OfS will monitor providers’ implementation of the statutory ‘Prevent duty’ in the higher education sector in England.
Last updated: 06 Sep 2018
PublicationOfS and QAA agree arrangements for quality assessment in higher education - Office for Students
The OfS and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) have set out further details of how QAA will perform the quality and standards assessment functions in England.
Last updated: 18 Jul 2018
Press releaseAnnual TRAC 2016-17 Sector analysis - Office for Students
This publication summarises the sector aggregate income and costs by activity, based on data from higher education providers required to implement and report under the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) methodology.
Last updated: 10 Jul 2018
PublicationMonitoring of the Prevent duty: 2016-17 progress report and future development - Office for Students
This report sets out the Office for Students’ findings from the annual reports submitted by higher education providers covering activity relating to the Prevent duty for the 2016-17 academic year.
Last updated: 10 Jul 2018
PublicationHigher education providers make further progress on the Prevent duty - Office for Students
In the latest assessment of the Prevent duty, 97 per cent of relevant higher education bodies satisfied the Office for Students that they demonstrated due regard to the duty in 2016-17.
Last updated: 10 Jul 2018
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