All information about registering with the OfS

Registration decision (March 2020)

The Office for Students has refused the registration application of London Vocational College Limited following a rigorous process of assessment and evaluation.

OfS seeks views on approach to monetary penalties

The 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.

Registration decisions (February 2020)

The Office for Students has refused the registration applications of Acculearn Training Limited, Blackpool College Limited and Kensington Education Foundation Limited following a rigorous process of assessment and evaluation.

Grade inflation for first-class degrees stalls

Latest figures show that rapid annual growth in the proportion of students awarded first-class degrees has stalled, after significant annual increases since 2011.

Unconditional offers

The Office for Students' chief executive Nicola Dandridge has written to The Times, responding to an analysis of the use of unconditional offers by Nottingham Trent University.

Guidance for providers on submitting the transparency return 2020

This document sets out guidance for English higher education providers that are registered with the Office for Students on completing the transparency return that is a condition of registration. This technical guidance must be read in conjunction with Regulatory advice 8: Guidance for providers about condition of registration F1: transparency information. We have published a data collection tool to help you aggregate data.

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