Quality and standards - Office for Students

Regulatory guidance

Short guides

How we regulate quality and standards

An introduction to the way we regulate and assess quality and standards

Student outcomes

Requirements for delivering positive student outcomes

Assessing registered providers

How we assess providers that are already registered

Assessing providers applying to register

How we assess providers applying to register

Degree awarding powers

Introduction to degree awarding powers and how to apply for them

Retaining assessed work

Guide to retaining records of students' assessed work

Graduate Outcomes survey

Information about the survey for providers

National Student Survey

Guide to the survey, including survey results

Regulating student awards

How we monitor the credibility of degrees

The TEF

About the TEF

Introduction to the Teaching Excellence Framework

TEF 2023 ratings

Explore ratings from the 2023 exercise

TEF branding 2023

Branding guidelines for the 2023 exercise

TEF enhancement resources

Examples of excellence from the 2023 exercise

Latest on quality and standards

OfS reports on the potentially inflationary effect of degree classification algorithms on students’ grades

6 Nov 2025

Proportion of first class degrees falls for third consecutive year, but nearly 40 per cent of top grades cannot be explained by statistical modelling

15 Jan 2026
Press release
Analysis of degree classifications over time: Changes in graduate attainment from 2010-11 to 2023-24

15 Jan 2026
Publication
Degree awarding powers assessment report for Royal Northern College of Music

05 Jan 2026
Publication

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