Office for Students responds to HESA statistics - Office for Students
The Office for Students has commented on the latest statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
Last updated: 19 Jan 2023
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Freedom to question, challenge and debate - Office for Students
‘Students will not have a high quality education if that education is not grounded in freedom of expression.’ Our chief executive, Susan Lapworth, explains how free speech is essential for quality and equality of opportunity in higher education.
Last updated: 11 Jan 2023
Blog postOfS fines University of Buckingham for breaching condition of registration - Office for Students
The Office for Students (OfS) has imposed a fine of £37,231 on the University of Buckingham after it failed to meet the deadline for submitting its signed audited financial statements for the year ended 2019.
Last updated: 22 Dec 2022
Press releaseFreedom of Speech – media coverage - Office for Students
There’s substantial coverage of a new OfS Insight event on freedom of speech.
Last updated: 15 Dec 2022
Media coverageFreedom to question, challenge and debate - Office for Students
This brief summarises some key points before outlining the legal and regulatory framework within which universities and colleges must make decisions about matters relating to freedom of speech.
Last updated: 14 Dec 2022
PublicationBriefing note: How higher education quality is regulated in England - Office for Students
This briefing note sets out the OfS’s approach to regulating quality and standards.
Last updated: 08 Dec 2022
PublicationQuality: where are we now? - Office for Students
Susan Lapworth, the OfS’s chief executive, argues that focusing quality assessment on core academic matters means focusing on the things that matter to students.
Last updated: 06 Dec 2022
Blog postNew OfS-National Trading Standards partnership to protect students’ rights as consumers - Office for Students
A new partnership between the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), and National Trading Standards will help protect students at universities and colleges across England.
Last updated: 24 Nov 2022
Press releaseOfS sets out next steps in ensuring courses are delivering positive outcomes for students - Office for Students
The Office for Students (OfS) has today published further information about the areas it will prioritise to select courses and higher education providers for assessment of student outcomes in relation to its revised condition B3.
Last updated: 18 Nov 2022
Press releasePreventing fraud on campus - Office for Students
How might higher education providers be vulnerable to fraud, and what they should be doing to protect themselves and taxpayers? David Smy considers the issues.
Last updated: 17 Oct 2022
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